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Internet Trolls Fuel Vaccine Misinformation
In the wake of preventable infectious disease outbreaks and the ensuing controversy about vaccination, social media has become a battlefield of divisive rhetoric, some of it posted just to create the illusion of a “debate” and keep people divided.
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Candida auris Reportable Nationally in 2019
Candida auris is reportable nationwide this year, a move that should boost surveillance of an emerging pathogen that has been primarily confined in three states: New York, New Jersey, and Illinois.
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Candida auris Hides in Reservoir Sites, Moves Across Healthcare Continuum
Multidrug-resistant Candida auris continues to threaten national emergence from endemic areas, finding safe harbor in step-down facilities and moving across the continuum to infect other patients.
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Leadership in the Trenches Helps Hospital Win Awards for Women’s Care
Getting leaders out on the floor, mixing it up with patients and staff, is one of the keys to success at South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, NY, which has established itself as a tertiary referral center and a standout in the region for women’s healthcare. -
Knowledge Gap Threatens Outcomes, Patient Safety
Hospitals should address physician knowledge gaps to improve quality of care, outcomes, and patient safety, says a surgeon who has searched Google mid-surgery to help a fellow physician determine how to proceed. -
CMS Requiring Price Transparency, Compliance Program
CMS now requires hospitals to post “standard charges” for all hospital inpatient and outpatient services online, but compliance may be a challenge if hospitals are careless about how they post prices. The measure could interfere with efforts to draw in patients who use quality and safety scores to choose their hospitals. -
Documentation in Peer Review Meetings: How Much Is Just Right?
The need for documentation of peer review meeting minutes is clear, but there are two schools of thought on how detailed records should be: general and broad to prevent their being used against participants in future challenges to their decisions, or detailed so that they provide a solid explanation and defense. -
Health System Goes From C’s and D’s to A’s and B’s in One Year
In one year, the seven hospitals of CHI Franciscan, based in Tacoma, WA, achieved extraordinary improvements in quality and safety. They did it by adopting more of a team-based approach to patient care, improving communication and reducing silos that prohibit information-sharing. -
Conflicts on Discharge Decision: Home or Skilled Nursing Facility?
Discharge to a skilled nursing facility is sometimes recommended in order to ensure continued independent community living for frail patients. Conflicting views as to what is best for the patient sometimes raise ethical concerns.
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Hospitals Take Social Determinants of Health Beyond Theory, Put Data to Use
The healthcare community is gradually accepting that social determinants of health can improve quality of care. Finding a way to apply the data can be difficult, but several hospitals and health systems are showing how it can be done.