Hospital leaders are bracing for pediatric residency changes that could reshape the hospital workforce, a recent study found. The study, published May 27 in Hospital Pediatrics, surveyed pediatric hospital medicine leaders at 101 hospitals. The survey asked about leaders’ staffing…
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The FDA has alerted patients who had mammograms at Mammography Center of Monterey (Calif.) on or after Dec. 22, 2023, to possible quality problems with their mammograms. The facility failed an additional mammography review, with some deficiencies in clinical image…
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When LeWanza Harris, MD, chief quality officer of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare, dug deeper into the system’s sepsis data last year, the metrics told a story of fragmentation across the system’s 11 hospitals. “The performance was inconsistent and in places low,”…
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In this episode, Radha Gopalan, MD, Clinical Professor at University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, discusses an inpatient cardiac prehab and rehab program designed to reduce frailty, improve functional capacity and help patients become eligible for advanced heart…
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In this episode, Caren Lewis, Senior Vice President and System Chief Nursing Executive, MultiCare Health System, discusses strategies to improve nurse retention, strengthen nursing leadership and expand the workforce pipeline. She also shares how MultiCare is partnering with academic institutions…