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A webinar sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems program will describe how patient experience professionals use multiple methods to capture the patient’s voice.
A handheld ultraviolet light disinfection system showed promise in quickly disinfecting needleless connectors of central venous catheters, which could reduce the incidence of central line-associated bloodstream infections, a benchmark study found.
Nurses in emergency departments could benefit from targeted initiatives to improve compliance with wearing facial protective equipment, according to a comprehensive review.
An American Hospital Association podcast describes how Providence, R.I-based Butler Hospital, a psychiatric facility, collaborated with The Providence Center, a community mental health center, to improve care for behavioral health patients.
In a letter to Reps. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, and Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., the American Hospital Association says it supports their efforts to continue the hospital-at-home program, and it would like to work with them to establish a permanent program.
Evidence-based practice education and ongoing support are necessary to promote EBP implementation, a study found.
AONL member Lindell Joseph, PhD, RN, and co-authors discuss their diagnostic tool to measure the conditions enabling health care innovation in academic-practice partnerships.
AONL and 56 other members of the Nursing Community Coalition urged the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies to appropriate at least $530 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and at least $210…
The American Hospital Association criticized a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services final rule requiring minimum staffing standards for nursing homes.
A survey found 11% of hospitalized patients needed 10 or more needle sticks to obtain a single blood sample, with more than half requiring multiple needle stick attempts for a single procedure.