The University of Michigan Health System, based in Ann Arbor, has struck a new three-year contract with members of the U-M Professional Nurse Council/Michigan Nurses Association.
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For some hospital CFOs, pharmacies are seen as an area that stands to benefit from several efficiency measures. For example, computerized physician order entry systems have been or are in the process of being implemented throughout numerous hospitals across the…
Today marks the beginning of Perioperative Nurse Week, which honors perioperative nurses for their role in patient safety and care, according to the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.
Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center has opened the new Thoracic Surgery and Lung Center, a comprehensive program to prevent, detect and treat patients with lung cancer and other chest- or lung-related diseases, according to a TCPalm.com report.
Los Angeles-based UCLA Health System has launched the Daltrey/Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program to serve teen and young adult cancer patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, according to a health system news release.
Fifty-nine percent of healthcare organizations have increased their IT budgets dedicated to information security in the past year, according to the 2011 HIMSS Security Survey (pdf).
U.S. patients have less control over the sharing of their electronic health records compared to European patients, according to a study (pdf) in the Journal of Science & Technology Law.
A hard drive containing information on 16,288 UCLA Health System patients was stolen on Sept. 6, according to a health system news release.
Due to lack of sufficient funding, the Illinois Department of Public Health declined to investigate 85 percent of 560 complaints it received last year regarding hospital quality, according to a Chicago Tribune report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC…
In response to the growing prevalence of post-surgical periprosthetic infections, researchers have proposed criteria that would shape a new definition for periprosthetic joint infections, according to a Thomas Jefferson University news release. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review…