Healthcare & ACA Healthy as U.S. Votes for President?
Healthcare was a hot topic of debate ahead of this week’s U.S. presidential election with the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)... Read more
Talking U.S. Presidential Poll at Hospital, Not
In the U.S., votes have been experiencing one of the most bitter and divisive presidential elections. The problem is that when you feel so... Read more
Doctor Discrimination: How to Deal With It
Following an incident of discrimination against medics in an emergency department led to a team of Stanford University School of Medicine... Read more
Healthcare Infrastructure for a Web of Care
By Jonathan Erskine We know that Europe’s health and healthcare systems need to reinvent themselves. Most are struggling to cope with the... Read more
EHR Upcoding Compliance: Keep the Auditors Happy
While electronic health records (EHRs) have enabled the creation of detailed patient files there is a frustrating problem that this technology... Read more
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COVID-19 Superheroes
It is five in the morning as a healthcare worker gets out of bed. Let us call her Emma. She is self-isolated from the rest of the family in her own home. It has been months since she hugged her children and her husband. She gets ready and heads out to work. It is barely seven in the morning when she begins her shift – one of many dozens she... Read more
My COVID-19 Superhero
My COVID-19 Superhero is my sister, Loretta Bowen. We are a family of eight children; our father has passed and our mother is 85. Elaine Rohr has Parkinson’s disease and over the last few years has gotten worse. She is no longer able to cook or write and it is frustrating for her to have such limitations in her activity of daily living.... Read more
Largest Hospital Network in Brazil Responds to COVID-19
Brazil has now become one of the epicentres of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the burden on its healthcare system is increasing daily. Paulo Moll, CEO of Rede D'Or São Luiz (RDSL) , the largest privately held, independent hospital operator in the country, speaks about the measures taken on the national level and within the RDSL system and shares... Read more
White Papers and Case Studies
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
Evaluation of the Microbial Tightness of Mini-Spike® 2 Chemo V - A Closed System Transfer Device
2019 08 Aug
In vitro study validating the microbial barrier function by means of airborne contamination Jürgen Gebel, Sapuna Kuriakose, Barbara Grüter, Martin Exner; University of Bonn Hospital, Institute for Hygiene and Public Health, Germany BACKGROUND Nosocomial infections pose a major problem in the healthcare system because they contribute... Read more
From Our Journals
Through Crisis to Better Healthcare
The COVID-19 ‘stress test’ has highlighted the shortcomings of healthcare... Read more
Implementation Challenges of Crew Resource Management
Crew Resource Management (CRM) human factors awareness training is a... Read more
Interprofessional teamwork in the ICU
Panacea or illusion? Reflections on key research insights into interprofessi Read more
Logistics robots to support care: a Finnish study
H o w t o i n t r o d u c e r o b o t... Read more
Patient Identification: Executive Summary
For its fifth Deep Dive analysis of a patient safety topic, ECRI Institute... Read more
Immune dysfunction in sepsis
An overview of the recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of... Read more