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Patients hospitalized for a heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia were less likely to be re-admitted to the hospital if their communities had more primary care physicians and licensed nursing home beds, a Health Affairs study found.
Better recognition of the signs and symptoms of sepsis by all care team members could reduce the number of adult Americans who die of sepsis, said Cindy Hou, MA, DO, the chief medical officer of the Sepsis Alliance.
Rates of hospital adverse events for health care related patient harm dropped significantly in the U.S. from 2010 to 2019, according to a major study. Adverse events fell 41% for heart attack and surgery patients, 36% for pneumonia patients, 27% for heart failure patients and 18% for patients with…
To support the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Hospitals Against Violence initiative, law firm Jones Day developed a tool to help providers navigate the complex roadmap of their obligations to report human trafficking and offer education on the topic.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier this week issued clarifying guidance on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) and confirmed it protects providers when offering “legally-mandated, life- or health-saving abortion services in emergency situations.”
Nursing researchers have studied many cognitive and implicit biases in nursing, with most studies demonstrating the existence of bias, according to a scoping review of 77 research pieces in the International Journal of Nursing Studies.
On July 28, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and Premier will virtually screen Toxic: A Black Woman’s Story 2:00-3:30 ET.
Health care provider organizations can play an important role in helping nurses to implement their innovations, according to an article in the July issue of Nursing 2022.
Loosening licensing requirements, changing scope-of-practice laws, bolstering educational programs and offering monetary incentives include policies states can use to address the nursing shortage, according to a National Conference of State Legislatures brief.
A report released last week by the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) used multiple performance improvement methodologies to identify lessons learned in New York’s hospitals during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.