Tag: Hospitals
New Program May Help Cut UTIs Associated With Catheter Use
Researchers find new training method led to fewer urinary tract infections
May 2016 Briefing – Nursing
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Nursing for May 2016. This roundup includes the latest...
May 2016 Briefing – Critical Care
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Critical Care for May 2016. This roundup includes the...
Public Reporting Doesn’t Improve Mortality Rates
Public reporting linked to slowing in the ongoing decline in mortality rate among Medicare patients
Educational Booklet Improves Bowel Preparation for Inpatients
Odds of achieving adequate bowel preparation increased for those receiving educational booklet
Inaccuracy in Administrative Hospital Coding Data
Inaccuracy such as weekday admissions of false-positive cases with low case fatality
ATS: Monthly Resident Hand-Off Tied to Higher Mortality Risk
Chances of death increase during transitions in care, study finds, but researchers not sure why
ATS: Nurse Work Environment Predicts VAP Risk
Better nurse work environment may minimize ventilator-associated pneumonia risk
Hospitalists Need Strategies for Providing Adequate Pain Relief
Hospitalists report limited success for management of acute exacerbations of chronic pain with opioids
U.S. Stroke Hospitalizations Down Overall, but Rising for Some
Higher rates reported for younger adults, blacks
