Today's Top 20 Clinical Leadership Articles
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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. -
AI's potential for detecting HAIs in complex clinical scenarios
AI tools might be able to diagnose healthcare-associated infections, but human oversight is vital to ensuring patient safety, according to a study published March 13 in the American Journal of Infection Control. -
MIS-C rates rose last fall
Cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children continue to be reported and saw a relative rise during fall 2023, the CDC reported. -
8 likely next in-demand nursing roles, per Tampa General's chief nurse
Healthcare is transforming, and so is the nursing profession. -
Steps to correct immediate jeopardy at Mission have 'backslid,' nurses say
Regulators determined HCA Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., was no longer in immediate jeopardy Feb. 23, but some nurses at the hospital claim measures in place when surveyors were present have not been consistent. -
Flawed data inflated US maternal mortality rates, new study says
New research calls into question the severity of the nation's maternal mortality crisis, finding that flawed data has inflated death rates over the past two decades. -
Father, son dead in apparent murder-suicide at AdventHealth Florida hospital
Highlands County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to an active shooter situation at around 11:26 a.m. on March 14 after a 66-year-old man fatally shot his son and himself after bringing the son to AdventHealth Sebring (Fla.) hospital, local authorities say. -
Why advocates are bringing a little-known psychedelic to the limelight
Support is growing for a little-known psychedelic drug called ibogaine that could help people overcome addiction, but concerns over its impact on the heart remain, The Washington Post reported March 14. -
Longest surviving iron lung patient dies at 78
Paul Alexander, a Texas man who contracted polio at age 6, which led him to spend the last 72 years in an iron lung for survival, has died, his brother and friends announced March 12 on a GoFundMe page set up to aid with expenses. -
EPA finalizes new sterilization standards
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule that will reduce ethylene oxide emissions from commercial sterilization facilities.
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