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Too Little of a Good Thing Can Be a Bad Thing
A healthy lifestyle may substantially reduce the burden of cancer.
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Will a Mysterious Outbreak of Elizabethkingia End Unsolved?
Unable to determine the source of an inexplicable outbreak of Elizabethkingia anopheles in Wisconsin and two other states, investigators are inviting the survivors of the infection to participate in focus groups and see if they can find a common link that preceded their illness.
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HHS May Change HCAHPS for Pain Care
HHS is proposing a change to the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey to address complaints that healthcare providers were penalized if they appropriately limited pain medications.
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EHRs May Not Affect Patient Safety Negatively
Recent research suggests concerns over how electronic health records may affect patient safety may be overblown.
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Antibiotic Use Reductions May Decrease Clostridium difficile
Two recent developments limiting antibiotic use could have a secondary benefit of reducing Clostridium difficile infections, which have been the bane of infection preventionists since emerging in a highly virulent strain some 15 years ago.
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One-third of Patients Injured in Rehab Hospitals
Almost a third of patients in rehab hospitals suffer a medication error or some other type of preventable harm during their stay, according to a recent report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Strange Cases of Zika Transmission
Zika virus is proving nothing if not unpredictable as we now also have a strange case of apparent transmission to a caregiver from a dying patient as well as the first documented case of apparent female-to-male sexual transmission.
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Zika Mosquito Spread Begins In Miami
As this issue went to press, public health officials in Miami confirmed the first local cases of Zika transmission in the United States via mosquitoes.
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AHA Analysis Says Star Ratings Inaccurate
A new analysis from the American Hospital Association concludes that there are fundamental design flaws in the CMS star ratings.
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Drug Diversion: A New Sheriff in Town
After a series of highly publicized drug diversion incidents by healthcare workers and patient outbreaks in Colorado in recent years, the state has passed a law that requires surgical technologists to register and submit to background checks.