Randolph Hospital in Asheboro, N.C., has named Steve Eblin its CEO, effective March 1, according to a Randolph Hospital news release.
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Nurses in Massachusetts are pushing legislation that would establish patient-to-nurse ratios, which they argue would help maintain patient and employee safety, according to a WWLP report.
Northeast Valley Health Corporation in San Fernando, Calif., has received The Joint Commission accreditation for its healthcare services.
UHC, an alliance of non-profit medical centers based in Chicago, has appointed Scott Glasrud as executive vice president and CEO, according to a UHC news release.
An analysis by the Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center revealed pediatric intensive care units frequently show higher infection rates than adult intensive care units, particularly rates of central line-associated bloodstream infections.
Hospital stays involving Clostridium difficile infections increased 300 percent from 1993-2008, but the number of hospital stays leveled off from 2008-2009, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released a list of healthcare-associated infections that occurred at state hospitals from Jan.-June 2011.
A statistical brief published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows that the United States spent approximately $32.9 billion on the top five most common pediatric conditions in 2008.
Healthcare technology and vendor researcher KLAS released its "2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services" report last month, ranking vendors in several categories such as patient flow, health information exchange and revenue cycle, according to a KLAS news release.