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Patient- and family-centered care is at the heart of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), says Deborah Maurer, RN, MBA, administrator, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Transplant Services.
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At the American College of Surgeons annual quality conference in New York in July, surgeons outlined some of the gains that data from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database has helped them achieve.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to investigate outbreaks as a result of unsafe injection practices
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Hospitals and other employers increasingly are concerned about the impact of medical marijuana laws on their staff.
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Diabetes and prediabetes are huge problems in the United States, with national data showing marked increases in the disease in all groups, but especially among middle-aged women.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ebola symptoms, infectious fluids and transmission factors include the following key points:
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Hospitals often hear from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about the importance of building a culture of safety. But the agencys own recent lapses in the laboratory have provided a lesson in the serious consequences of lax safety.
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U.S. public health authorities urged health providers to raise their awareness about Ebola virus as two American health care workers became ill with the often fatal disease while caring for infected patients in Liberia. At about the same time, a Liberian man became ill with Ebola and traveled by plane to Lagos, Nigeria, where he died in a hospital.
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Hospitals have been at the frontlines of dealing with some of the worst and most costly disasters in recent years, including Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and a Oklahoma tornado in 2013.
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Political reality has put the brakes on a broad injury prevention rule favored by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. But enforcement remains a priority for the agency, and health care employers can still expect increased scrutiny, safety experts say.
