A central part of the Passover Seder – the traditional meal during which Jews around the world tell the story of Passover involves asking "The Four Questions." Traditionally asked by the youngest participant at the Seder, the questions are framed…
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In 1996, the average inpatient medical record was accessed and viewed by at least 150 people, from nursing staff to x-ray technicians, during a typical five-day hospital stay.1 If the number of viewers in 1996 was 150, it has probably…
Darlene Rodowicz's entire professional career has been spent at Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems, and during that time, the two-hospital system has become a dominant provider in its service area.
Lakeside Health System in Brockport, N.Y., has officially started a full closure process for its 61-bed acute-care hospital, Lakeside Memorial Hospital, according to a bulletin on the hospital's website.
In conjunction with Earth Day yesterday, the American Society for Healthcare Engineering recognized 18 hospitals and health systems for using innovative strategies to save energy and make energy efficiency a priority.
In "The Language of Caring Guide for Physicians: Communication for Patient-Centered Care" (2012), authors Wendy Leebov, EdD, and Carla Rotering, MD, share 35 best practices for physician communication.
In 2012, there were 621 disclosed data breaches across industries worldwide, and of these less than 1 percent affected the healthcare industry, according to the "Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report," released by Verizon.
1. Wet hands with water.2. Apply soap and rub hands together.3. Rinse hands with waterThat's all there is to hand hygiene, right?
Nearly half of the nation's adolescents, children 10 to 17 years old, lack a medical home, according to a study by researchers from the University of California San Francisco's Department of Pediatrics and published in Academic Pediatrics.
Heart failure or shock was the most common reason for a 30-day readmission following admission for a heart attack in 2009, according to a statistical brief from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research…