Individual chart review in patients' electronic medical records may serve as an accurate surveillance method for urinary catheter use, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
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Although a patient's health status and utilization of health services is a large part of regional variation in healthcare spending, differences in hospital prices also play a role, according to a study from the Center for Studying Health System Change.
Recent research suggests medical students may have inadequate knowledge of pharmacology, according to a study published in the Journal of Patient Safety.
Grand Junction (Colo.) VA Medical Center is nearing completion of its $14.5 million expansion project, which includes four operating rooms, an intensive care unit, a recovery room and a sterilization-processing room, according to an NBC 11 News report.
Post-discharge home visits may be more effective in helping patients manage complex medication regimens than follow-up calls, according to research published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality.
Several measures helped Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., achieve a zero rate of central-line associated bloodstream infection rate in the first quarter of 2011, according to a hospital news release.
As hospitals and health systems across the country work toward coordinated and integrated care, most will need to alter their relationships with physicians. How a health system aligns its priorities with physicians is critical. That's because physicians have such an…
A survey by HR Solutions International found that employee engagement levels increased from 2010 to 2011, according to a news release.
Summit Health in Chambersburg, Pa., has expanded its cardiology practice by attracting cardiologists from Keystone Cardiology to the health system, according to a Public Opinion report.
Wheeling, W.Va.-based Ohio Valley Health Services and Education Corp. has opened a retail clinic inside the Wal-Mart store in St. Clairsville, Ohio, according to a Wheeling News-Register report.