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How to Create an N95 Mask Disinfection Facility for Less Than $15,000

December 20, 2025

Infection Control, Workplace safety

The process is based on a concept from the University of Nebraska and adheres to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. The health system is now using the system to decontaminate and r...

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Study Shows COVID-19 Body Count 20 Times Higher Than Seasonal Flu Deaths

December 20, 2025

Infection Control, Patient Safety

New research shows that counted deaths from COVID-19 in mid-April were about 20 times greater than seasonal influenza counted deaths recorded during peak weeks of the past seven flu seasons. ...

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Study: Patients equally satisfied with virtual encounters compared to in-person visits

December 20, 2025

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors, Cybersecurity & Technology

The advent of COVID-19 has fueled the rise of telemedicine, accelerating growth beyond what was even imaginable only three months ago. Along with this phenomenon, a related mystery has been seemingly ...

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Study: About a Quarter of Hospitals Have Telestroke Capacity

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology

As of 2019, just over 27% of hospitals had telestroke capacity, according to the study. Over a third of hospitals with telestroke capacity by 2017 were larger health systems, while nearly 15% were sma...

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Physician Advocate: Coronavirus Pandemic Shows Need to Ease Regulatory Burdens

December 20, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Policies and Procedures, Cybersecurity & Technology

Healthcare is one of the most highly regulated sectors in the U.S. economy. Regulatory compliance costs hospitals $1,200 for every patient admitted, according to the American Hospital Association. ...

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Telehealth Expansion During Coronavirus Pandemic Changing Physician-Patient Relationship

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Cybersecurity & Technology, Infection Control

“Whether telemedicine is a good or bad thing for the physician-patient relationship is largely dependent on the individual level of comfort of the patient and their physician,” says Joy L. Lee, PhD ...

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EHRs Fail to Detect Up to One-third of Medication Errors

December 20, 2025

Quality & Errors

“EHRs are supposed to ensure safe use of medications in hospitals,” said study corresponding author David C. Classen, MD, a professor of internal medicine at U of U Health. “They’re not doing that.” ...

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FDA bans certain respirators from being decontaminated, reused

December 20, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control, Workplace safety

Chinese-made N95 masks and respirators with exhalation tubes among banned types. ...

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Nearly 600, and counting, U.S. Health Workers Have Died Of COVID-19

December 20, 2025

Workplace safety, Infection Control

The tally includes doctors, nurses and paramedics, as well as crucial healthcare support staff such as hospital janitors, administrators and nursing home workers, who have put their own lives at risk ...

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White House urges healthcare facilities to open, but safely

June 10, 2020

Infection Control, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

The Trump administration is urging healthcare facilities to resume elective surgeries, diagnostic tests, and other non-emergency care and is encouraging patients to tend to healthcare needs postponed ...

How to Create an N95 Mask Disinfection Facility for Less Than $15,000

Study Shows COVID-19 Body Count 20 Times Higher Than Seasonal Flu Deaths

Study: Patients equally satisfied with virtual encounters compared to in-person visits

Study: About a Quarter of Hospitals Have Telestroke Capacity

Physician Advocate: Coronavirus Pandemic Shows Need to Ease Regulatory Burdens

Telehealth Expansion During Coronavirus Pandemic Changing Physician-Patient Relationship

EHRs Fail to Detect Up to One-third of Medication Errors

FDA bans certain respirators from being decontaminated, reused

Nearly 600, and counting, U.S. Health Workers Have Died Of COVID-19

White House urges healthcare facilities to open, but safely

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