Today's Top 20 Clinical Leadership Articles
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St. Louis Children's offers free lock boxes to prevent medication overdoses
St. Louis Children's Hospital is aiming to prevent accidental child overdoses by offering families free lock boxes to safely store medications in their homes. -
White House unveils sweeping healthcare safety efforts: 8 notes
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a division of HHS, has partnered with other federal agencies and health systems to create a national safety alliance as part of broader commitments from the federal government to reduce preventable harm and improve care quality industrywide. -
AI tools could fight the loneliness endemic
AI chatbots could help fight the loneliness endemic, Julian De Freitas, PhD, assistant professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School, wrote in an article for The Wall Street Journal. -
5 nurses honored for health equity research: AARP
The American Association of Retired Persons recognized five nurses for their work to end health disparities and improve healthcare. -
States ranked by C. diff infection rates
New Mexico has the highest rate of Clostridium difficile infections for the second year, while Nevada has the lowest, federal data shows. -
Virus tied to poliolike illness in children on the rise
A respiratory virus linked to a rare, polio-like condition in children is on the rise in the U.S., according to a Sept. 17 NBC News report. -
10 states with largest projected CNA shortages, surpluses
The nursing assistant shortage is expected to be severe by 2028, Mercer, a financial services company, said in a recent report. -
Hand hygiene in hospitals: What the latest Leapfrog data shows
Hospitals are ramping up their focus on hand hygiene compliance to prevent infections and improve patient safety, new data from The Leapfrog Group suggests. -
Health system execs: Patient safety 'not where we want to be'
Hospitals have become safer for patients in the past few years, but there is a long way to go, according to three health system leaders. -
New Jersey hospitals lean on home visits to reduce maternal, baby mortality
Amid closures of OB-GYN units across the U.S., states are turning to home visitation programs to keep babies and new mothers healthy and reduce hospitalizations, NJ Spotlight News reported Sept. 17. -
CDC unveils program to reduce diagnostic errors
The CDC on Sept. 17 released a set of new resources to support hospitals in reducing diagnostic errors, which are responsible for nearly 800,000 deaths in the U.S. each year. -
Antibiotic resistance's growing toll: 12 numbers
More than 39 million people are projected to die of antibiotic-resistant infections between 2025 and 2050, a first-of-its-kind study found. -
Is DIY medicine here to stay?
Do-it-yourself medical care gained popularity during the pandemic when hospitals were overcrowded — and the trend continues years later. -
New COVID strain XEC: What to know
An emerging COVID-19 strain, XEC, has been detected in 12 U.S. states and at least 15 countries, according to Scripps Research's Outbreak.info. -
Mount Sinai among 1st to use blood test for Alzheimer's detection
New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System will be among the first institutions in the world to use blood tests to detect Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The health system will offer the tests as a part of the Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative Healthcare System Preparedness Accurate Diagnosis project. -
States ranked by projected RN supply by 2028
By 2028, the national shortage of registered nurses is projected to primarily affect the Northeast, according to Mercer, a financial services company. -
New study questions tubal sterilization's effectiveness
Up to 5% of women who undergo tubal sterilization may later become pregnant, calling the procedure's effectiveness as a contraceptive into question, according to a recent analysis from researchers at UCSF Health. -
Studies unravel 3 common medical practices
Research is mounting against the common practices of prescribing thickened liquids, conducting spine implants for back pain and suspending blood pressure medicines before surgery, The New York Times reported Sept. 14. -
Close contact of Missouri bird flu patient developed symptoms: CDC
A household contact of a Missouri patient who contracted bird flu also became ill on the same day, the CDC said in its weekly update on the H5N1 outbreak among dairy cows and poultry across the U.S. The development has raised public health experts' concerns about the possibility of person-to-person transmission. -
Suicide prevention strategies have not slowed deaths: KFF Health News
Suicide rates continue to rise despite national suicide prevention strategies — and a lack of policy adoption may be at the root, KFF Health News reported Sept. 16.
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