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Radiomics Offers a New Weapon in the Battle Against Cancer

December 19, 2025

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

The introduction of genomics was a significant advance in the battle against cancer. The ability to understand how specific genes predict the likelihood of acquiring cancer or the success of a particu...

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Check your state’s pandemic plan to make sure 1135 waivers don’t conflict with those requirements

May 11, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

Be sure to review any federal 1135 blanket waivers against your state's requirements to make sure you've met compliance expectations. ...

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Review new CMS vaccines rule: It may soon apply to more facilities

May 11, 2021

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

CMS pre-published an interim final rule today that sets COVID-19 vaccine requirements for long-term care (LTC) facilities, and is seeking comment to expand the rules to other types of providers. ...

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Clean hands, clear communication: How nurse leaders ushered in hand hygiene tech tools

December 19, 2025

Infection Control, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

Although observations showed a 90% hand hygiene compliance across the health system where he is director of quality, Bill Cox, RN, CPPS, CPHQ, was skeptical. “I would say, ‘How are we at 90% when I se...

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Don’t change policies yet on masking inside your facility

May 18, 2021

Policies and Procedures, Infection Control

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities should continue to require masks against COVID-19 as always, despite new guidance to the general public. ...

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Physicians urged to prepare for mental health crises

December 19, 2025

Behavioral & Mental Health, Workplace safety, Healthcare Staff

“We know from that survey last spring that only 13% of physicians sought medical attention for mental health problems, but 30% of them cited feelings of hopelessness or having no purpose and 50% repor...

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Addressing inequity

December 19, 2025

Health Equity, Patient Safety

Data from the COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmingly highlighted the longstanding inequity in healthcare. A May 2020 study from Sutter Health researchers that analyzed 1,052 confirmed cases of COVID-19 ...

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Nearly Half of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Discharged in Declining Shape

December 19, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Infection Control

Nearly half of COVID-19 patients left the hospital with significant functional decline post-discharge, a new study from Michigan Medicine found. Of those survivors who suffered functional decline, 80%...

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New Toolkit Aids Nurse Leaders in Reestablishing Family-Presence Policies

December 19, 2025

Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

A new decision-making tool to help nurse leaders re-start family-presence policies that balance safety with a patient’s emotional need for family was released Tuesday. The Family Presence Policy De...

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California HHS Rebuffs CDC, Extends Mask Guidance Through Mid-June

December 19, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

California state health officials announced this week that they will extend a mask mandate through June 15, despite Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines that lifted many of the restri...

Radiomics Offers a New Weapon in the Battle Against Cancer

Check your state’s pandemic plan to make sure 1135 waivers don’t conflict with those requirements

Review new CMS vaccines rule: It may soon apply to more facilities

Clean hands, clear communication: How nurse leaders ushered in hand hygiene tech tools

Don’t change policies yet on masking inside your facility

Physicians urged to prepare for mental health crises

Addressing inequity

Nearly Half of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Discharged in Declining Shape

New Toolkit Aids Nurse Leaders in Reestablishing Family-Presence Policies

California HHS Rebuffs CDC, Extends Mask Guidance Through Mid-June

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