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Half of all graduating medical residents or fellows trained in Illinois leave the state to practice medicine elsewhere, in large part due to the medical liability environment in Illinois, according to a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. The study warns Illinois will face a critical physician shortage especially in rural areas if new strategies aren't adopted to stem the exodus.
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The University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center has reached a $17.7 million settlement with a former Stone Park, IL, police officer who suffered a brain injury due to medical negligence, according to the officer's law firm
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It's not always easy to attract nurses to a small, rural hospital. But they're more likely to stay at a hospital that has a safe work environment.
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There's a hazard in hospitals that hits every hot button for employee health. It causes occupational illness and even fatalities, raises the costs of medical claims, and increases absenteeism. Because it's in the air we breathe, it could affect significant numbers of employees and could even harm vulnerable patients.
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When Washington County Health System (now known as Meritus Health) in Hagerstown, MD, first sought to measure the health status of its employees, the results were startling.
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Children's Healthcare of Atlanta asked its employees to take steps to better health. A billion steps, to be exact. And they responded.
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In a lingering legacy of the H1N1 pandemic, stronger protections are now advised for seasonal influenza than was the case prior to the emergence of the novel H1N1 strain. That distinctive status was recently highlighted in new influenza guidance in California.
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The following recommendations are summarized from the "Prevention Strategies for Seasonal Influenza in Healthcare Settings" by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The 12-hour shift, mainstay of the nursing schedule, may be unhealthy for nurses and their patients.
