Here are the most popular stories on infection control and clinical quality from Becker's Hospital Review for the week of July 21, beginning with the most-accessed.
1. 4 worst practices for hand hygiene
2. Survey: 10 factors making for high, poor quality physicians
3. 4th infected patient at Greenville Health system dies
4. Why one hospital thanks the Ritz-Carlton for low readmission rates
5. 47 hospitals with the lowest 30-day heart failure readmission rates
6. 10 recommendations to prevent surgical site infections
7. 7 findings from Leapfrog's new hospital safety report
8. Increased emotional intelligence in physicians may raise patient satisfaction
9. Study: care transitions intervention including home calls results in cost reduction
10. Patients can be the difference in hand hygiene efforts