Today's Top 20 Clinical Leadership Articles
  • Flu climbs for 6th week: 7 FluView notes

    Seasonal flu activity is up again for the sixth week in a row. According to the CDC, there were 7,090 flu-related hospitalizations in the last week, compared to 5,753 the week before.
  • COVID hospital admissions up 3%: 6 notes

    As COVID-19-related hospital admissions have risen for another week in a row — 23,432 in the most recently reported week — the CDC is also alerting clinicians to low vaccination rates, urging them to emphasize its importance in preventing severe infection.
  • 7 advancements in C. diff care in 2023

    As antibiotic resistance grows, so does research toward preventing and treating Clostridioides difficile, a bacterium known to be one of the leading causes of healthcare-associated infections in U.S. patients that can sometimes turn fatal. Often, infections from it occur while a patient is on antibiotics or shortly after they have finished a course. 
  • How do care-at-home programs fit into your hospital's strategy?

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  • Healthcare needs more Swifties, Dr. Pronovost says

    Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, the chief quality and clinical transformation officer at Cleveland-based University Hospitals, told Becker's "healthcare should sit up and take notice" of Taylor Swift's influence.
  • Will rising nurse pay mean higher healthcare costs? It's complicated 

    The year 2023 was full of labor union wins — in healthcare and beyond. Now hospitals nationwide must grapple with higher nurse salaries, teeing up further tensions with insurers, employers and the potential for increased premiums.
  • CDC: MIS-C cases on the rise

    The CDC has issued an alert to clinicians warning of rising cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children following COVID-19 infections.
  • Philadelphia set to be 1st city to ban medical deportations

    Philadelphia is on track to becoming the first city in the U.S. to ban medical deportations, according to a CBS News report. 
  • Surgical gloves: A vital strategy in the battle against HAIs

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  • How long will it take to understand long COVID?

    In 2023, infectious disease research inched closer to, but still fell short of, conclusively landing on a standard definition for long COVID. There's still much to discover about how the post-infection condition manifests in some patients, but not others, as well as therapeutic solutions and for what length of time long COVID may actually last, experts told Becker's.
  • Address the nursing crisis by transforming nursing care model

    The nursing shortage in the US continues to be fueled by an aging population in need of care, baby boomer retiring nurses, and new entrants in the nursing profession, many of whom leave the workforce after a short period of time. These three components cause additional stress on nursing professionals and challenge the need for adequate nursing resources to provide necessary patient care. 
  • Mortality rates increased for 11 conditions in Pennsylvania hospitals

    Mortality rates for 11 common health conditions in hospital settings significantly worsened for Pennsylvania patients over the last few years, according to areport published Dec. 14 by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council — an independent state agency.
  • Americans' physical health has worsened since pandemic: 4 findings

    The physical health of adults in the U.S. has significantly deteriorated since the COVID-19 pandemic, with obesity and diabetes rates at or nearing record highs, a new Gallup report shows.
  • Contaminated beds linked to C. diff risks: Study

    Patients staying in a hospital bed previously occupied by a patient with a Clostridium difficile infection have a higher risk of contracting one themselves, according to new research published Dec. 13 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 
  • LPNs make hospital comeback

    The primary places of practice for licensed practical nurses are often outpatient clinics, nursing homes and other ambulatory care settings. Throughout the past few years, however, LPNs have made a hospital comeback as a growing number of health systems embrace nursing team models that aim to ensure registered nurses are able to work at the top of their licenses. 
  • CDC's upcoming mask rule can worsen protection flaws, critics say

    Before a CDC advisory committee votes whether to update its 13-year-old infection control rules in healthcare settings, critics of the guidance's draft say the proposal is confusing and too lenient, KFF Health News reported Dec. 14. 
  • Joint Commission revises 'suicide' definition

    The Joint Commission is updating its sentinel event policy to provide an expanded definition for suicide deaths that hospitals report to the organization. 
  • Former Kaiser nurse awarded $41M in retaliation lawsuit

    A Los Angeles jury awarded $41.49 million to a former nurse who said Kaiser Permanente's hospitals and health plan retaliated against and eventually terminated her for raising issues with patient safety and care quality, MyNewsLA reported Dec. 12.
  • New COVID variant makes up 21% of US cases: What to know

    JN.1 is now the fastest-growing COVID-19 variant in the U.S., accounting for around 21% of cases, data from the CDC shows.
  • Nurse career satisfaction & frustration: 6 findings from Medscape's 2023 report

    Medscape's 2023 report on nurse satisfaction found most would follow the same educational path if they could do it over again. Still, a significant portion of respondents pointed to serious workplace issues that, if left unresolved, could push some to pursue other roles within or outside of nursing. 
  • Novant opens clinician-led research center

    Novant Health has launched a clinician-led research center to promote public policy solutions that address key healthcare challenges, the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based system said Dec. 12.
  • VA hospital patients don 'smart socks' to prevent falls

    The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is employing a new wearable technology to help prevent patient falls, according to a Dec. 12 news release.

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