Articles Tagged With: hospital
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Another Step in the Journey to Combat Diagnostic Errors in Hospitalized Patients
Diagnostic errors in hospitalized patients who died or were transferred to the intensive care unit were common in this large retrospective, multicenter trial and frequently associated with patient harm. Problems with clinical assessment and ordering and interpreting tests were the most prevalent diagnostic process faults, with sepsis the diagnosis most associated with diagnostic error.
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Ethicists Connect Their Work with Hospital’s Mission
The work of ethics usually aligns closely with the mission of the hospital or health system.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Infectious Disease Approval to Reduce Hospital Clostridioides difficile Cases; Oral Amoxicillin for Syphilis
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CLABSI Collaboration Cuts Infection Rates 70%
Infection preventionists and colleagues from quality and education spearheaded a hospital-wide team and engaged all staff to dramatically reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections by 70%.
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APIC Opening a Path for New IPs
The president of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology usually is not tapped from a small community hospital. But Pat Jackson, RN, BSN, CIC, FAPIC, has no lack of experience nor expertise.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Is Your Hospital Room Toxigenic?; Reduction of HOCDI — Gaming the System?
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IPs at a Crossroads: Change Is Coming in Pandemic Aftermath
Will an aging and potentially burned-out workforce be able to retain and recruit infection preventionists (IPs), capitalizing on the value they have demonstrated during the COVID-19 pandemic? The larger question is if IPs can go beyond the hospital, bringing their expertise into many vulnerable areas exposed by the pandemic.
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More Hospitals, Health Systems Want to Call the Shots on ASCs
From 2019 to 2020, hospitals and health systems planning to increase their investments in ambulatory surgery centers rose from 44% to 67%, according to a recent survey.
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Trump Admin Targets Rural Healthcare Disparities
Telehealth expansion, innovative reimbursement model aim to help patients and providers in smaller communities.
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Hospital Wards with Higher Rates of Antibiotic Prescribing Are Associated with Increased Risk for C. difficile Infection
A retrospective observational study found that among hospitalized patients, ward-level antibiotic prescribing was associated with a significantly increased risk for C. difficile infection beyond what would be expected with patient-level antibiotic use.