Franciscan Healthcare-Munster (Ind.) has begun a $60 million to $70 million expansion project, according to a report by The Times of Northwest Indiana.
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Thibodaux (La.) Regional Medical Center is constructing a $62 million wellness center, according to a Houma Today report.
The National Rural Health Association has honored four hospitals in New Hampshire, according to Foster's Daily Democrat report.
"Fist bumping" transmits significantly fewer bacteria than either handshaking or high-fiving, according to a study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the official publication of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology.
The global infection prevention and control market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.47 percent from 2013 to 2018, according to market research from ReportsnReports.
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.
Debbie Bostic, MSN, RN, has become senior vice president of hospital operations and CNO of St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Ga.
Of the 80,461 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the U.S. in 2011, about 14,000 were hospital-onset infections, and 48,353 were healthcare-associated community onset, cultured within three days of a hospital admission or two days of a patient receiving a central venous catheter.
While HIPAA was enacted to protect the protected health information of patients, it appears hospitals are incorrectly citing HIPAA as a protection of their own interests, argues Charles Ornstein, a ProPublica healthcare journalist, in a report co-published on NPR.
The following mHealth app launches were reported within the past two weeks.