Thirty-five U.S. hospitals established post-intensive care unit clinics comprised of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, therapists and social workers who screen for common conditions after an ICU stay.
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Clostridiodes difficile infection rates fell significantly in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with before the pandemic, according to research published in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, a UnityPoint Health representative discusses how the West Des Moines, Iowa-based health system is leveraging a $1 million philanthropic investment to expand mental health services for children and adolescents in 22 surrounding counties.
Artificial intelligence chatbots give inaccurate and incomplete medical information in response to medically related questions about 50% of the time, a British Medical Journal Open study concludes.
Although virtual nursing shows promise for addressing workforce challenges, standardized reporting of staffing models, role definitions and outcomes metrics are essential to inform best practices and policy development, states an article published in the April issue of the Journal of Nursing…
The National Academy of Medicine will host a free webinar for clinicians on communicating about measles effectively on April 28 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET.
A coordinated, team-based blood-pressure management intervention conducted in low-income patients in Mississippi and Louisiana at federally qualified health centers resulted in significantly reduced systolic blood pressure than usual care, found a New England Journal of Medicine study.
Nursing educators should redirect clinical education to documented competence instead of hours completed to better judge practice readiness, states a Nursing Outlook article authored by researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing.
A National Council of State Boards of Nursing environmental scan finds that roughly 40% of the nursing workforce intends to leave the field or retire within the next five years.
Interdisciplinary experts call for integrating AI literacy into graduate nursing education and applying rigorous frameworks to optimize AI deployment, in a Nursing Outlook article.