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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week launched a program to provide continued free coverage of COVID-19 vaccines for the roughly 25 to 30 million uninsured and underinsured adults.
Although researchers have made progress in the last 10 years to reduce alarm fatigue, safety organizations should continue to stress alarm fatigue as a top patient safety concern and seek solutions, a commentary maintains.
The Joint Commission launched a patient safety campaign, Speak Up to Prevent Serious Illness, to educate people on how to find preventive care services.
An American Hospital Association white paper explains how integrating physical and behavioral health services can reduce the total cost of care, improve outcomes and increase workforce satisfaction.
The National Quality Forum will develop a guide for acute care hospitals to better prevent, identify and treat hospital-onset bacterial or fungal bloodstream infections.
A quarter of the nation’s nurses have registered with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s Nursys e-Notify Database.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, Gabrielle Cummings, president of NorthShore Highland Park (Ill.) Hospital, discusses how her hospital team responded to a mass shooting.
The proportion of visits delivered by nurse practitioners and physician assistants to Medicare beneficiaries rose from 14% to 25.6% from 2013 to 2019, according to a study.
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center started an Emeritus Nursing Program in January 2022 to bring retired nurses back to the bedside to mentor inexperienced nurses and reduce turnover.
AONL CEO Robyn Begley, DNP, RN, co-authored an American Hospital Association blog urging hospitals to ensure their questions on licensing, credentialing and other applications do not perpetuate stigma or deter clinicians from seeking behavioral health services when needed.