Abbott Northwestern Hospital, part of Allina Health (Minneapolis). Abbott Northwestern’s roots date back to 1882, when Northwestern Hospital opened in a rented house. Dr. Amos Abbott served as a consulting physician to Northwestern’s first medical staff, but 20 years later…
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The global cost associated with dengue fever is substantial, according to recent research from the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass.
New research shows patients with vision loss who are admitted to the hospital for common disorders experience longer hospital stays, higher readmission rates and higher post-discharge emergency department utilization rates than non-visually impaired patients.
NYU Langone Medical Center (New York City). NYU Langone is an academic medical center located in Manhattan that includes flagship facility Tisch Hospital, as well as Rusk Rehabilitation, Hospital for Joint Diseases and Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital. Collectively, the medical center…
The Leapfrog Group has published its 2016 Maternity Care Repot, which shows hospitals have improved episiotomy and early elective delivery rates, but many organizations are still falling short of national performance targets for maternal care quality metrics.
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago). Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the primary teaching hospital of the Chicago-based Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The hospital has 894 beds and more than 1,600 affiliated physicians and 7,000 employees. Northwestern Memorial also includes the…
May 5 is World Hand Hygiene Day. To celebrate the occasion, the CDC has launched Clean Hands Count, a campaign to boost hand-washing and reduce healthcare-associated infections.
NorthShore University HealthSystem Evanston Hospital (Ill.). Evanston Hospital is the flagship facility of NorthShore University HealthSystem. Opened in 1891, the hospital has grown to include 354 beds, a Level I trauma center and programs for several medical specialties. The hospital…
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City). NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital was formed in 1998 with the merger of The New York Hospital and The PresbyterianHospital. Both of its founding hospitals have pioneered important medical services and innovations. The New York Hospital, the first…
Nebraska Medicine – Nebraska Medical Center (Omaha, Neb.). This 621-bed hospital and teaching facility was created in 1997 after University of Nebraska Hospital merged with Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hospital. More recently, Nebraska Medical Center integrated with Bellevue (Neb.) Medical Center, a 55-bed…