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Focusing on contract services

February 15, 2026

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Editor's note: This is an excerpt from the HCPro book The Survey Coordinator's Handbook, 18th Edition, by Jodi L. Eisenberg, MHA, CPHQ, CPMSM, CSHA. The leadership standards truly are the corn...

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FDA: Hospitals banned from using powdered medical gloves

February 15, 2026

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The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ban on powdered medical gloves goes into effect tomorrow. The use, advertising, and marketing of powdered surgeon's gloves, patient examination gloves, a...

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Report: Mayo Clinic suggests nine ways to prevent physician burnout

February 15, 2026

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he high rate of burnout and unengaged physicians and nurses is an increasing concern for the healthcare industry. The Mayo Clinic recently released a new paper on preventing burnout, emphasizing the n...

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Implementing a mandatory flu shot policy: What every employer should know

February 15, 2026

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Currently healthcare workers are not required by law to get a flu shot. But a number of states require hospitals to report their flu vaccination rates and a federal reporting requirement for flu sho...

PPE in Healthcare: How to Improve Culture, Consistency, and Compliance

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High reliability and ORO 2.0

February 15, 2026

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High reliability is a new term for an old concept: providing the highest quality products or services consistently and uniformly to all customers. There has been a host of tools, guidelines, initia...

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Single question test to determine opioid abuse

February 15, 2026

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At the American Pain Society’s (APS) 35th Annual Scientific Meeting, researchers unveiled a new screening tool for opioid abuse risks that involves asking patients one question...

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New antibiotic stewardship playbook meshes NQF, CDC, and Joint Commission guidelines

February 15, 2026

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Released late last month, the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) Antibiotic Stewardship in Acute Care: A Practical Playbook is broken into five core elements focused on proper antibiotic usage: Lead...

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Physicians favor texting medical orders more than nurses

February 15, 2026

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Medscape News recently held a poll asking what healthcare workers if they approved of the accreditor’s decision to allow medical orders to be sent via text message....

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How do you determine if someone is brain-dead? Study shows hospitals disagree

February 15, 2026

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Determining if a patient’s brain functions have irreversibly shut down is a crucial diagnosis; in many places it’s the same as declaring them fully dead....

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Focusing on contract services

FDA: Hospitals banned from using powdered medical gloves

Report: Mayo Clinic suggests nine ways to prevent physician burnout

Implementing a mandatory flu shot policy: What every employer should know

PPE in Healthcare: How to Improve Culture, Consistency, and Compliance

High reliability and ORO 2.0

Single question test to determine opioid abuse

New antibiotic stewardship playbook meshes NQF, CDC, and Joint Commission guidelines

Physicians favor texting medical orders more than nurses

How do you determine if someone is brain-dead? Study shows hospitals disagree

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