The Department of Health and Human Services has denied California's effort to require Medi-Cal, or Medicaid, patients to pay for certain healthcare services, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
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South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., and Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine in Hempstead, N.Y., have formed an academic affiliation, according to a hospital news release.
Forty-one percent of adults in families earning less than 133 percent of the federal poverty level have been uninsured for one or more years, and low-income Americans in general are also less likely to receive necessary medical care and preventive…
Simply Locums, a company that helps clinicians connect to healthcare facilities to manage and negotiate their locum tenens and permanent assignments, is offering free registration to federally qualified community health centers and medically underserved facilities, according to a company release.
Officials at Parkland Memorial Hospital, based in Dallas, have decided to not publicly release a consultant's report that outlined patient safety deficiencies and improvement steps at the hospital, according to an NBCDWF report.
Low staffing levels and "missed nursing care" may be directly associated with higher risk of patient falls, according to research published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality.
The right patient safety culture can make a significant different in mitigating damage for both patients and "second victims" after an adverse event has occurred, says Carolyn Clancy, MD, director of the Agency for Health Research and Quality.
Recent research suggests the combination of technology and verbal feedback may improve and sustain hand hygiene practices among healthcare personnel, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
A program designed at the University of Pennsylvania Health System led to a decrease in hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, according to research published in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality.
Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia will begin rolling out a new model that will require hiring more registered nurses and, eventually, moving or laying off certified nursing assistants, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.