BMJ Quality and Safety By Jennifer Meddings, Ted A Skolarus, Karen E Fowler, Steven J Bernstein, Justin B Dimick, Jason D Mann, Sanjay Saint August 12, 2018 Indwelling urinary catheters are commonly used for patients undergoing general and orthopaedic surgery. Despite infectious and non-infectious harms of ur ...Read More →
News & Updates
LHA Trust Funds Launches New Workplace Security Initiative
June 13, 2018 Concerned with workplace security? The LHA Trust Funds has engaged a team of security and crime prevention experts to provide security evaluations, demonstrate active ...Read More →
Study Links Real-Time EHR Alerts with Fewer Complications, Lower Costs
By Tina Reed FierceHealthcare August 16, 2018 When physicians get the right kind of alert in an electronic health record—and actually follow its recommendation—it could result in f ...Read More →
Clinicians Who Learn of a Patient’s Opioid Death Modestly Cut Back on Prescriptions
By Anna Gorman Kaiser Health News August 10, 2018 Physicians and other medical providers modestly reduced the volume of opioids they prescribed after being told one of their patien ...Read More →
Hospitals Help Clinicians with ‘Second Victim Distress’
By Megan Headley HealthLeaders Media June 19, 2018 More hospitals and health systems are creating second victim support programs to help clinicians cope after adverse events. Secon ...Read More →
How Health Workers Are Using Smartphones To Fight TB
By Megan Knowles Becker’s Clinical Leadership & Infection Control August 21, 2018 Researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins and UC San Diego are developing mobile tec ...Read More →
NIST, NCCoE Publish Guide on Healthcare Mobile Device Security
HealthITSecurity By Fred Donovan August 03, 2018 NIST and the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) have released a guide on how providers can improve healthcare mobi ...Read More →
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