Researchers observed more than 7,000 patient in 15 United Kingdom hospitals and found that hand hygiene compliance was lower in instances where gloves were worn, according to a study published in the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.…
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Fort Collins, Colo.-based Poudre Valley Health System is planning to use existing space to develop a new cancer center, according to a health system news release.
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to a $3 billion settlement with the United States to resolve investigations of possible price irregularities and the marketing of the diabetes drug Avandia, according to a New York Times report. The settlement would be the…
Officials at Southern Coos Hospital in Bandon, Ore., announced they will lay off up to 10 more employees by the end of this week, according to a Bandon Western World report.
Half of senior executive leadership at Dallas' Parkland Health & Hospital System has already left or will leave, according to a Dallas Morning News report.
Victor Valley Community Hospital in Victorville, Calif., has named CFO Edward Matthews interim CEO, according to a Victorville Daily Press report.
Methodist Healthcare System, based in San Antonio, Texas, has named Gay Nord as its new CEO, according to a San Antonio Business Journal report.
Physicians at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, Calif., have successfully used data from an electronic medical record system to make real-time decisions for patient care, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Twenty-nine percent of people who download apps to their cell phones or tablet computers have downloaded a health app, according to a survey (pdf) by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.
One-quarter of healthcare organizations do not conduct security risk assessments, according to the 2011 HIMSS Security Survey (pdf).