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Quality of palliative care training, bedside tools reduce end-of-life ICU use
The quality of palliative care training in critical care medicine programs and the use of bedside tools were independently associated with reduced intensive care unit (ICU) use at the end of life. -
Hospital Infection Control & Prevention - Full June 2014 Issue in PDF
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Infectious Disease Alert - Full June 2014 Issue in PDF
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Hospital Infection Control & Prevention - Full January 2015 Issue in PDF
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Workplace violence a growing threat
The video is chilling to anyone, but especially to nurses who can imagine being in exactly the same vulnerable position. A man’s brutal attack on unit nurses at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, MN, is putting the spotlight on violence in healthcare facilities and the potential harm facing the victims and the hospital.
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Emergency Medicine Reports - Full January 4, 2015 Issue in PDF
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Safety checklists reduce postop complications
Patients experience fewer postoperative complications when a surgical safety checklist is used by their surgical team, reports the first large-scale review on the subject published in the June issue of Anesthesiology. By following a simple checklist, healthcare providers can minimize the most common postoperative risks such as wound infection and blood loss. -
Surgery center increases payments by 47%
A surgery center increased its collections 47% from a four-month period in 2012 to the same period in 2013 by collecting copays and deductibles up front. Less than 1% of patients have cancelled. -
Simple instructions boost meds compliance
A study in the July issue of Anesthesiology revealed that patients who receive a simple, multicolor, standardized medication instruction sheet before surgery are more likely to comply with their physicians instructions and experience a significantly shorter postop stay in recovery. -
Same-Day Surgery - Full August 2014 Issue in PDF