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If the worlds existing stockpiles of nuclear weapons and weapons-usable nuclear materials can be secured reliably, nuclear terrorism can be prevented. Simple enough, but therein lies the challenge. A recent analysis of the situation commissioned by the Nuclear Threat Initiative concludes that a fast-paced global partnership is urgently needed to secure the worlds nuclear stockpiles before terrorists and thieves get to them.
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In a grim but frank assessment, a leading national security expert tells Bioterrorism Watch that it is only a matter of time before terrorists detonate a nuclear warhead in the United States. You read that correctly.
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Once very near execution, smallpox remains on death row. Eradicated in nature, the infamous killer survives in two official repositories in the United States and Russia.
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Disease eradication in the current age of bioterrorism inevitably raises the possibility of a defeated pathogen being weaponized. Thus, though smallpox has been eradicated in nature, it lives on as a potential bioweapon.
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The Leapfrog Group, based in Washington, DC, has developed the first public web-based compendium of incentive and reward programs aimed at improving health care in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
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A study published on-line by the journal Health Affairs indicates that hospital nurses working shifts of 12.5 hours or more are three times more likely to make an error than nurses working shorter shifts.
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As previously reported by Healthcare Benchmarks and Quality Improvement, hospital executives are paying more attention every day to report cards and other comparative data that provide information about hospital quality.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JACHO) has released its 2005 National Patient Safety Goals that will apply specifically to hospitals.
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Evidence-based medicine; the term just sounds right doesnt it? Yet, while it flows easily off the tongues of quality professionals these days, that ease belies the true challenge of TRIP, Translating Research into Practice, which served as the focal point of a conference held in Washington, DC, July 12-14.
