Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is closing its inpatient pediatric mental health unit, in part due to a lack of demand, reports the Chicago Tribune.
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While a vast majority of executives and providers are concerned about drug diversion in U.S. hospitals, only 20 percent believe it is an issue where they work, according to a new survey commissioned by the BD Institute for Medication Management…
A gunman shot a police officer at Clinton, S.C.-based Laurens County Memorial Hospital April 11, representing the state's second hospital shooting in two days, reports The Post and Courier.
Ecolab Compliance Monitoring System (Ecolab Healthcare). The Compliance Monitoring System helps hospitals accurately monitor hand hygiene to encourage positive change by healthcare workers. By utilizing the patient zone, an electronically monitored zone set up around a patient’s bed to detect every…
Just one day after Phoenix-based Hacienda HealthCare announced plans to close its intermediate-care unit where a patient in a vegetative state gave birth, Arizona officials stepped in to keep the facility open, according to AZ Central.
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Phoenix-based Hacienda HealthCare will close its 60-bed intermediate care facility where a patient in a vegetative state gave birth, according to Az Central.
The ongoing government shutdown could hinder treatment for patients with opioid use disorder, since clinicians need approval from the Drug Enforcement Administration to prescribe medication-assisted treatments like buprenorphine, reports amNewYork.
The Georgia Board of Nurses handles over half of its disciplinary cases in secret — meaning patients cannot know which nurses are abusing drugs, how many nurses are addicted or how many relapse, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation found.
Stephen Weber, MD. Vice President for Clinical Effectiveness and CMO of University of Chicago Medicine. Dr. Weber is the vice president of clinical effectiveness and CMO of UChicago Medicine, responsible for the hospital’s clinical staff, which includes 900 physicians of…
Indigo-CleanTM, a continuous environmental disinfection technology, is patented and proven to kill harmful bacteria linked to hospital acquired infections (HAIs), such as MRSA and C.diff. Unlike UV light, Indigo-Clean uses safe, LED light to automatically and continuously kill harmful bacteria in the air, and on hard and…