Today's Top 20 Clinical Leadership Articles
  • Care quality, safety 'worse than expected' during COVID-19 PHE: CMS

    A new CMS report reveals disparities in care quality and patient safety within U.S. hospitals before and during the pandemic, finding "a large proportion of measures had worse than expected performance." 
  • Top paying metropolitan areas for 6 nurse specialties

    Most of the top paying metropolitan areas for nurse specialties are located in California, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • CDC recommends spring COVID booster

    CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, has approved a recommendation from the agency's advisory committee for adults over 65 to receive an updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine dose this spring.
  • How do care-at-home programs fit into your hospital's strategy?

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  • Hospital staff experience workplace aggression every 40 hours

    Hospital staff members experience 1.17 aggressive events — verbal and/or physical — for every 40 hours worked, with more aggression events occurring when staff have significantly greater numbers of patients assigned to them, a recent study found.
  • Penn Medicine puts $28M toward weapons detection systems

    For many working in healthcare, violence is a daily, palpable issue. Solving the crisis will involve consistent coordination between multiple stakeholders, but it starts with employers getting serious about prevention, executives at the University of Pennsylvania Health System said in a commentary published Feb. 27 in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. 
  • TikTok sparks misinformation, fears about 'mysterious virus' spread

    Multiple videos have been circulating on TikTok with individuals claiming to be sick with a 'mysterious virus' after testing negative for three of the most prevalent viruses currently in circulation across the U.S.: COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus.
  • Long COVID therapies drag as research chugs along

    Patient advocates and physicians are growing frustrated about the lack of treatments for long COVID-19 despite more than $1 billion of federal investments and continuous research, USA Today reported Feb. 26. 
  • Surgical gloves: A vital strategy in the battle against HAIs

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  • CDC updates suicide reporting guidance

    When public health officials notice or suspect a cluster of suicides trending in a certain area, the CDC suggests that they use three key steps to properly classify these matters.
  • Nearly 1 in 3 nurse leaders planning to exit their hospital roles in '24

    Nurse leaders say they do not have sufficient financial resources to address the needs of their workforce. Even with the addition of workflow technology and new tools, 72% say they are burned out, and burnout is prompting 31% to consider leaving their jobs, according to a report published Feb. 27 by AMN Healthcare.
  • Pay for 7 nurse specialties, by state

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled the average wage for nurse specialties in every state as of May 2022, the latest data available.
  • Surgery better for diabetes than medical, lifestyle changes, 4 systems find

    Bariatric surgery is more effective for Type 2 diabetes patients than medical and lifestyle interventions, including GLP-1 use, according to a clinical trial among four health systems. 
  • Endocrine Society to review clinical guidelines for gender-affirming care

    The Endocrine Society, an 18,000-member organization, is reviewing its guidelines for appropriate care for transgender and gender-diverse people, CNN reported Feb. 26. 
  • The state where all hospitals are on track to earn new Joint Commission certification

    All hospitals in Massachusetts are meeting a health equity accreditation standard that The Joint Commission introduced last year, making it the first state to be recognized for the accomplishment. 
  • Is healthcare paying enough attention to nurse leaders?

    Over the past few years, much of the discourse on supporting the well-being of healthcare workers has focused on nurses and front-line teams — and rightfully so, as many nurses continue to report burnout stemming from their work environment. But to ensure efforts meant to support bedside nurses live up to their full potential, hospitals and health systems should be placing an equal focus on nurse managers, leaders say. 
  • WHO backs trivalent flu vaccine

    The World Health Organization recommends the Northern Hemisphere's 2024-25 flu vaccines be trivalent. 
  • Texas nursing program shutters after 44 years

    Houston Community College no longer offers its Associate Degree in Nursing program, according to the Texas Board of Nursing. 
  • 25 states where virus levels are high as flu holds steady

    Flu activity remains high across most of the country, with increases reported in half of HHS regions. Meanwhile, key metrics for COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus continue to trend down. 
  • Nevada reports record high C. auris cases in January

    Nevada reported record high numbers of Candida auris cases in January, with 69 clinical cases and 133 colonization cases, Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Feb. 22.
  • Why 1 hospital launched a 'designated education unit' for new nurses

    Mercy Fort Smith (Ark.) Hospital has launched a new 18-bed unit, which will have a 4:1 patient to nurse ratio. The unit is specifically designed to provide close contact, hands-on training for new graduate nurses.
  • Arkansas system breaks rules

    If you could break any rule at your health system, what would it be?

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