A state audit of Ilwaco, Wash.-based Ocean Beach Hospital revealed numerous problems with hospital documentation, equipment use and staff training, resulting in the loss of the hospital's chemotherapy services and a mandated update of policies, according to the Chinook Observer. 

Below are eight hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CMOs in the last month.

The Joint Commission will implement two new hospital accreditation standards on maternal care next year, reports AHA News.

Nearly 61 percent of adults have experienced an adverse childhood experience, which is linked to poor health outcomes later in life, according to according to CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Nov. 5. 

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health recently launched a yearlong residency  program to help retain new nurses, according to the Grand Forks Herald. 

Patient well-being is naturally a top priority for health systems. However, leading organizations are increasingly turning their attention to the environmental impact of their operations. Many reprocess their single-use medical devices which extends their life, reduces waste and saves money. 

Chicago-based John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County has apologized to the family of a 7-year-old girl who was shot Oct. 31 after they weren't allowed to see her and were forced to wait hours outside in the cold, according to NBC 5. 

When clinicians can use data to compare their antibiotic use with antibiotic use at comparable facilities, their antibiotic use decreases, a study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases revealed.

The number of adolescents being admitted to the emergency department for sexual abuse has increased drastically from 2010 to 2016, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Fecal transplant treatment for patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile is more effective and more likely to prevent bloodstream infections than antibiotics, according to a study published Nov. 5 in Annals of Internal Medicine. 

Hospitals can preview their updated Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating and other quality data from CMS until Dec. 3, according to AHA News.

Physicians should screen all patients ages 50-75 for colorectal cancer, even if they have an average risk of acquiring the disease, according to updated recommendations from the American College of Physicians.

Physicians at Cleveland Clinic have released a calculator for patients with type 2 diabetes to determine their risk of developing major health complications over a 10-year period depending on their treatment path.

About 40 percent of primary and outpatient care patients are harmed by medical errors worldwide, according to a September 2019 report from the World Health Organization. This rate could be lowered if the healthcare industry identified the root causes of these errors and allowed others to lead — not just medical professionals, Kathleen Sutcliffe, PhD, a professor of medicine and business at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University, wrote in an op-ed for Time. 

Hand hygiene. It’s a challenge every hospital, staff member and patient faces dozens of times a day. Do I take the necessary time to handwash when I am supposed to?

Over the last two decades, hospitals have been increasingly focused on reducing avoidable infections. This added emphasis on patient safety emerged in November 1999 when the Institute of Medicine published its landmark report To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System. This study suggested that patients are less likely to be harmed by accidental injuries if systems of care include processes designed to prevent, recognize and quickly recover from errors.

Ten salmonella cases have been confirmed so far in an outbreak linked to ground beef, with eight hospitalizations and one death reported Nov. 1 by the CDC. 

A Maryland pediatrician was convicted Nov. 1 of sexually abusing an 18-year-old patient he had treated since she was an infant, with 11 other victims alleging abuse, according to WTOP.

Seven confirmed cases and five possible cases of Legionnaires' disease have been tied to the East Texas State Fair, announced the Northeast Texas Public Health District Nov. 1 after a separate Legionnaires' outbreak was linked to a North Carolina state fair.

Serious patient care deficiencies, including three that constituted "immediate jeopardy," were discovered at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, according to a Houston Chronicle report.