Today's Top 20 Clinical Leadership Articles
  • ANA's 2023 impact in 10 key numbers

    The ANA Enterprise had a tangible influence on the profession last year through its education, advocacy and policy work, according to the organization's 2023 Annual Impact Report.
  • NIH sunsets COVID treatment guidance

    Four years after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its COVID-19 treatment guidelines, NPR reported March 19. 
  • COVID vaccines cut heart failure, clotting after infection: Study

    A recent study conducted by researchers in the U.K. found COVID-19 vaccines can reduce heart failure by up to 55% and blood clots by up to 78% after an infection.
  • How do care-at-home programs fit into your hospital's strategy?

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  • Joint Commission revises several hospital standards

    The Joint Commission has revised several elements of performance for hospitals, including one that covers how organizations handle medical waste. 
  • The Joint Commission's 2024 patient safety goals for hospitals

    The Joint Commission released a simplified breakdown of eight patient safety goals for hospitals in 2024.
  • 'Creative' nurse shifts gain traction at Mercy Health hospital

    At Mercy Health-St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, gone are the traditional scheduling demands for nurses. Instead, nurses get "creative shifts" that fit their needs, Cory Werts, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer for the Lima market, told Becker's.
  • Researchers issue call to action on drug-resistant fungi

    A team of researchers at Cleveland-based Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is urging the medical community to prioritize enhanced awareness and education on drug-resistant fungi as the number of global fungal infections grows. 
  • Surgical gloves: A vital strategy in the battle against HAIs

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  • CDC issues health alert on measles outbreak

    The CDC has issued a health alert as the U.S. faces a growing tally of measles cases this year, urging clinicians to ensure children are up to date on their measles-mumps-rubella vaccinations. 
  • No sign of brain injuries in 'Havana syndrome' patients: NIH

    Two new federal studies found no significant evidence of brain injury among more than 80 patients with ''Havana syndrome," The Washington Post reported March 18. 
  • Nursing students stuck in licensing limbo after degree scheme

    A year after the federal government came down on fraudulent for-profit schools, some students are stuck in licensing limbo, the Miami Herald reported March 17.
  • US bans asbestos

    The Environmental Protection Agency banned ongoing uses of asbestos, a carcinogen that is linked to more than 40,000 annual deaths, the White House said March 18. 
  • U of Queensland Medical School-Ochsner Health exceeds national Match Day average

    The University of Queensland Medical School-Ochsner Health earned a 99% match rate from the National Residency Match Program on Match Day 2024, which took place March 15. 
  • 'The Wild West': Physicians worry guardrails lacking amid remote monitoring boom

    Some physicians are expressing concern that regulation around remote monitoring has not caught up with the boom of use in the last two years, KFF Health News reported March 18.
  • Inside HCA's safety work

    Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has taken numerous steps to embed safety work into daily operations across its 186 hospitals, Karla Miller, PharmD, the system's chief patient safety officer, wrote in a March 15 blog post.
  • 'Profits over protection': Critics fret over draft CDC masking guidance

    Healthcare workers and other experts are expressing concern over the CDC's draft masking guidelines, saying that, if finalized, the guidance would incentivize hospitals to prioritize profits over protection, NBC News reported March 18.
  • Measles cases matches 2023 numbers: CDC

    Fifty-eight cases of measles have been reported in the first quarter of 2024, the same number of total cases in 2023, the CDC reported.
  • Penn Medicine hospital's immediate jeopardy lasted 5 hours

    In November, CMS placed a Penn Medicine hospital in immediate jeopardy for five hours after a possible preventable death. The corrections were published in late February. 
  • Why researchers from GSK, Duke halted RSV vaccine trial

    The risk of preterm birth was 37% higher for mothers involved in a phase 3 respiratory syncytial virus maternal vaccine trial than the control group in a clinical trial led by pharmaceutical giant GSK and researchers from Durham, N.C.-based Duke University School of Medicine.
  • The dual languages of a chief quality officer

    The most effective chief quality officers possess a fluency in two distinct tongues: the language of people — rich with the nuances of human connection and collaboration — and the language of spreadsheets, marked by the objective precision of data. 
  • CDC responds to maternal death rate study, refutes claims

    CDC experts are defending how the agency calculates maternal deaths after researchers from several universities have said the CDC's method inflates numbers, according to Politico's reporting.

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