A recent study reaffirms previous research that showed air flows in operating rooms can possibly contaminate patients during surgery and result in infections, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
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A multifaceted hand hygiene program helped boost physician and nurse compliance nearly two- and four-fold, respectively, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
The Atlanta Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging and six Georgia hospitals have partnered for a new program designed to reduce hospital readmissions, according to a WABE report.
Emergency departments are often viewed as stressful, chaotic environments where for clinicians, there never seems to be enough time, and for patients, time seems to drag on. Many hospitals are attempting to change this perception by streamlining patient flow. Swedish…
More than 100 hospitals have signed up to participate in the Wisconsin Hospital Association's "Partners for Patients" project intended to help hospitals prevent avoidable hospital-acquired conditions and reduce unnecessary hospital readmissions.
Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center in Ogdensburg, N.Y., has adopted barcode technology to help reduce medication errors, according to a Watertown Daily Times report.
TeamHealth Holdings has announced its fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2011 results, according to a TeamHealth news release.
Somnia Anesthesia has announced Donald Helfer II, MD, has been named chief of anesthesiology at San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, N.M., according to a news release from Somnia.
Emergency departments at some of Utah's major hospitals might be accountable for $22 million in Medicaid funds for allegedly charging emergency rates for non-emergency care, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.
Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals and Clinics is dropping part of its name to become Allina Health, according to a Star Tribune report.