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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...

Boston Children’s Hospital was threatened with termination from Medicare last year after three patients suffered from serious medication errors. An inspection report revealed that one of the patients ...

For the coverage of ears, AORN is “probably going to come out in our new guideline and say the ears don’t need to be covered” because the task force feels the research focusing on it...

If you or anyone at your hospital use the National Guidelines Clearinghouse or National Quality Measures Clearinghouse operated under the auspices of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (A...