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CDC clarifies opioid prescribing guidelines

September 09, 2024

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Patient Safety, Quality & Errors

In a letter released April 10, the CDC clarified its federal opioid prescribing guidelines were not meant to be unduly restrictive for chronic pain patients. ...

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Challenges of antibiotic stewardship in the ICU

December 13, 2025

Infection Control

Antibiotic stewardship in the intensive care unit setting poses unique challenges to intensivists and other ICU clinicians, recent research indicates. ...

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ER Doc: Protect Your Staff From Workplace Violence

December 25, 2023

Workplace safety

Amy Costigan, MD, wants to be able to practice emergency medicine without being punched in the face. ...

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Learning from a ransomware attack on your hospital

December 13, 2025

Natural & Manmade Disasters

The attack from a criminal syndicate in Eastern Europe was initiated through the emergency backup facility used by the 71-staffed-bed hospital many miles away, and it had infected many, if not all its...

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SHEA Urges Increased Focus on Preventing Superbugs

December 13, 2025

Infection Control

The report found that progress against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has slowed in hospitals, while methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) is increasing i...

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Cost of sepsis readmissions exceeds $16,000 per patient

December 13, 2025

Infection Control, Quality & Errors

The annual estimated cost of sepsis readmissions is about half the annual cost of all four of the conditions in Medicare's Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program, recent research shows. ...

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Joint Commission to publicly report C-sections

December 13, 2025

Quality & Errors, Accreditation & Survey Preparation

Next year, patients and potential parents will have one more metric by which to judge your hospital. Starting July 2020, The Joint Commission (TJC) will publicly report hospitals that have consistentl...

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CMS Warns Detroit Hospital to Improve IC Issues or Lose Funding

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Infection Control

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has given Detroit Medical Center’s (DMC) Harper University Hospital until mid-April to correct its infection control problems or lose its federal f...

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Multidrug-resistant infections can cost $4,600 per hospital stay

December 13, 2025

Infection Control

Infections linked to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) cause a significant cost burden for U.S. healthcare, recent research shows. ...

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TJC clarifies suicide risk NPSG requirements

December 13, 2025

Accreditation & Survey Preparation, Behavioral & Mental Health

The Joint Commission (TJC) last week released some clarifying information on its National Patient Safety Goal about suicide risk reduction, NPSG.15.01.01, which is effective July 1, 2019 ...

CDC clarifies opioid prescribing guidelines

Challenges of antibiotic stewardship in the ICU

ER Doc: Protect Your Staff From Workplace Violence

Learning from a ransomware attack on your hospital

SHEA Urges Increased Focus on Preventing Superbugs

Cost of sepsis readmissions exceeds $16,000 per patient

Joint Commission to publicly report C-sections

CMS Warns Detroit Hospital to Improve IC Issues or Lose Funding

Multidrug-resistant infections can cost $4,600 per hospital stay

TJC clarifies suicide risk NPSG requirements

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