Improving Outcomes of Weekend Surgeries
A new study shows that patients who undergo surgeries on weekends tend to have longer hospital stays and higher mortality and readmissions.... Read more
5 Billion People Lack Access to Surgery
According to a major international study published in The Lancet , two thirds of the world's population have no access to basic surgery and... Read more
Shadowing Improves Patient Care Experience
Understanding every moment of the patient and family experience in their journeys through a healthcare system — from parking in the hospital... Read more
Hospitals Not Making Enough Effort to Prevent C. difficile Infections
According to a survey of a national random sample of hospitals, nearly half of American hospitals aren't taking the steps required to... Read more
Valley Hospital's Mobile Integrated Healthcare Program
An innovative program has been implemented at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ that aims to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and... Read more
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Nurse’s View: Looking Back at Last 12 Months
Hello, my dear readers, Time flies, and here we are – in April 2021. The last few weeks have been quite emotional because I started to review what has happened over the last 12-13 months, that is between March 2020 – April 2021. I have only so much space to write down my thoughts here, but Jesus – we would need LIVES... Read more
Patient’s Voice to Cancel Cancer: Autonomy for Patient and Oncologist – That Helps
Let’s start with a quip. When you want to become an oncologist, you only need three or four years of primary school. You need to be able to read and write. The pathologist will tell you what type of cancer the patient has, you can read in the protocol what to do, what the treatment is, and for the dose you need to know: ‘Is it a man or a woman,... Read more
Nurse’s View: “How Are You, Nurse?”
If somebody had asked me this question, “How are you, nurse?” 6-8 weeks ago, I would have probably cried. The situation in Great Britain was pretty tough, worse than in March-April 2020, when the whole crisis of COVID-19 started for us in the UK! I guess no other European country had to go through that bushfire we have to go through with the... Read more
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Liver Fibrosis: Patients Can Be At Risk Of Death Even Without Exhibiting Symptoms
2020 18 Dec
1 in 5 advanced fibrosis patients evolves to cirrhosis in as little as two and a half years. The liver is the largest gland in the human body and, weighing roughly two kilograms, it is the second largest organ after the skin. Its varied functions include supplying the brain with glucose, filtering toxins out of the blood, producing proteins,... Read more
Spotlight On: Sutter Health Fights Pneumonia One Toothbrush at a Time
2020 23 Apr
Pneumonia can be deadly in a hospital setting. Two main factors contribute to the approximately 20 percent mortality rate of this healthcare-associated infection (HAI). First, whatever condition brought the patient to the hospital in the first place has likely weakened them, making the patient more vulnerable to the illness. Plus, the germs that patients... Read more
Spotlight On: Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Reduces CLABSI with APSS #2
2020 23 Apr
HAIs are costly both in terms of harm/mortality and cost. Close attention to aseptic practices and monitoring patients can greatly reduce the incidence of these infections. Central Line-Associated Bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are the most costly type of hospital-acquired infections, both in terms of morbidity and mortality, and financial... Read more
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Better outcomes through clinical decision support
How can a clinical decision support system help to achieve measurably... Read more
Cyber infection control: Time to take it seriously
Both infection control and cybersecurity support the whole care process,... Read more
Multimodality Neuromonitoring in Critically Ill Patients
Without Primary Acute Brain Injury This review focuses on the current... Read more
Persistent Organ Failure Before Death in Patients with Severe Sepsis
Intensivists are used to describing the patient’s condition at the time... Read more
The patient voice in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: an Edinburgh perspective
This article will explore the ERAS Programme and provide a unique insight... Read more
How Should We Manage Sedation in Critically-Ill COVID-19 Patients?
Clinical Practice Guidelines The Choosing Wisely top five guidelines... Read more
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In the intensive care unit, every move has to be right, every procedural step has to follow on seamlessly from the previous one. Stiegelmeyer spoke with the people who bear great responsibility every day in this aspect. Their wishes and requirements...