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COVID-19 fears and frustration add to recruiting challenges for hospitals

December 20, 2025

Leadership & Finance, Infection Control

For the past several months, the federal government has tried a variety of measures aimed at helping workers and families cope during the pandemic. But government measures apparently aren’t going far ...

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New study estimates the costs of U.S. maternal morbidity

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

In 2019, the estimated costs associated with maternal morbidity for U.S. births from conception through the child’s firth birthday were $32.3 billion, a new study found. The United States is experi...

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‘Are you going to keep me safe?’ hospital workers sound alarm on rising violence

December 20, 2025

Workplace safety

The San Leandro Hospital emergency department, where nurse Mawata Kamara works, went into lockdown recently when a visitor, agitated about being barred from seeing a patient due to COVID-19 restrictio...

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Three characteristics of a good clinical decision support tool

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures, Quality & Errors

An effective clinical decision support tool is available at the point of care, is as current as possible, and is accurate, a chief medical information officer says. Medical knowledge advances rapid...

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Yelp ratings of healthcare facilities may reveal death rate disparities

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

U.S. counties with healthcare facilities with the greatest share of 1-star Yelp reviews had the highest death rates, and a difference of just one point—roughly one star—between counties’ average score...

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New IDSA President: ‘The COVID-19 pandemic Is not going anywhere fast’

December 20, 2025

Infection Control

The new president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) says his organization is focused mainly on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Daniel McQuillen, MD, took on the leading role at...

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U.S. prisons were COVID hothouses during pandemic first wave

December 20, 2025

Infection Control

Inmates in the nation’s prisons were more than three times as likely to contract COVID-19 and more than twice as likely to die from it during the first year of the pandemic, when compared with the ove...

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Improving healthcare during the post-COVID era

December 20, 2025

Quality & Errors, Infection Control

Amy Compton-Phillips, MD, has only ever wanted to serve in healthcare. Thirty years ago, she started a practice on the East Coast. In 1993, she joined Kaiser Permanente as a front-line internist. Over...

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Mitigate patient safety risks posed by the ‘imaging squeeze’

December 20, 2025

Patient Safety, Policies and Procedures

Radiology is an essential component of modern medicine. It plays an integral role in the prevention, detection, and diagnosis of disease, as well as in treatment delivery and patient care. Moreover, i...

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COVID-19 PHE is extended again, effective October 18

October 15, 2021

Natural & Manmade Disasters, Infection Control

The national COVID-19 public health emergency has been extended for another 90 days. ...

COVID-19 fears and frustration add to recruiting challenges for hospitals

New study estimates the costs of U.S. maternal morbidity

‘Are you going to keep me safe?’ hospital workers sound alarm on rising violence

Three characteristics of a good clinical decision support tool

Yelp ratings of healthcare facilities may reveal death rate disparities

New IDSA President: ‘The COVID-19 pandemic Is not going anywhere fast’

U.S. prisons were COVID hothouses during pandemic first wave

Improving healthcare during the post-COVID era

Mitigate patient safety risks posed by the ‘imaging squeeze’

COVID-19 PHE is extended again, effective October 18

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