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There’s a case where a World War II POW committed suicide by hitting himself in the head with an empty metal canteen after days without water. While that happened in the hold of a Japanese priso...

With the end of the opioid/painkiller crisis nowhere in sight, it’s up to providers and facilities to lead the charge. More than three dozen bills addressing various concerns about the opioid ...

Sepsis mortality rates increase quickly when left untreated, even if it’s only for a few hours. The difficulty facing providers is that there isn’t a simple test for sepsis. Instead, they ...

This March, a team of experts working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a study on antibiotic prescription habits in outpatient facilities. The study, which appeared ...

The three steps an Oklahoma hospital used to bring its C. diff rate to zero Using a multifaceted approach, Stillwater (Oklahoma) Medical Center was able to beat one of the most frequently reported he...

This February, Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago won the Illinois Health and Hospital Association’s (IHA) “Innovation Challenge: Partners in Progress Award.” In just two years, the f...

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Surveyors didn’t always punish healthcare organizations (HCO) if one of their employees was caught not following proper hand hygiene rules. So long as the organization had an otherwise compliant hand ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has given hospitals aggressive goals on HAI reduction. By 2020, the department wants CAUTI rates to be cut 50% in acute care hospitals, long-term care...