Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in New York City is under investigation by The Joint Commission following a complaint that alleged a patient had to wait five hours before receiving an "urgently needed kidney dialysis," according to a New York Daily…
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SelectHealth, a non-profit payor in Utah, recently published new quality and satisfaction ratings for nearly 200 obstetricians and certified nurse midwives.
An isolated 5-minute soak in enzymatic soap solution may not completely disinfect flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopes, according to research published in the Archives of Otolaryngology.
Researchers found a high prevalence of MRSA in children undergoing open airway surgery, suggesting the need for MRSA screening and treatment protocols, according to a study published in the Archives of Otolaryngology.
Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., have created and implemented an emergency general surgery-version of the National Trauma Data Bank, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
A new heart failure program at Mary Lanning Memorial Healthcare in Hastings, Neb., helped dramatically reduce heart failure readmission rates, according to a KHASTV report.
Administrators at Down East Community Hospital in Machias, Maine, and the Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United union have been unable to agree on a new contract, according to a Bangor Daily News report.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, passed in March 2010, creates several programs that aim to increase healthcare quality and lower costs. One of the most recognizable of these is the Medicare Shared Savings, or accountable care organization, program.…
A recent study by researchers at the Medical University of Austria, in Vienna, in collaboration with Daniel I. Sessler, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Outcomes Research at the Cleveland Clinic described in Clinical Anesthesiology, suggests gargling with…
A new case study by Somnia Anesthesia describes how one well-respected, non-profit hospital in Pennsylvania optimized its anesthesia services toward a quality-focused, cost-efficient program.