The Joint Commission has created a new telehealth accreditation program for eligible hospitals, ambulatory and behavioral healthcare organizations. The program will launch July 1.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/joint-commission-unveils-new-accreditation.html
Men are increasingly entering the nursing profession and continue to outearn their female peers, federal data suggests.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/male-vs-female-nurses-by-the-numbers.html
Patients treated by female physicians have lower mortality and readmission rates, a recent study found .
While emphasizing that no human-to-human transmission has occurred, global health officials are urging countries to closely track bird flu to detect any potential changes in the virus that may ma...
About 1% of U.S. hospitals have five or more Magnet Designations, according to data from the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/74-hospitals-with-5-magnet-designations.html
Health officials are now investigating at least 22 reports of harmful reactions linked to counterfeit or mishandled Botox injections in 11 states, the CDC said in an April 19 update . The agency...
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/cdc-probe-into-fake-botox-grows-5-notes.html
The amount of registered nurses who reported being "extremely satisfied" with their jobs fell 12 percentage points between 2018 and 2022, federal data shows.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/nursing/nurses-job-satisfaction-2018-vs-2022.html
Dozens of patients awaiting kidney and liver transplants are unsure what's next as federal agencies conduct an investigation into allegations that a transplant surgeon at Memorial Hermann-Texas M...
Starting in 2026, CMS could ask hospitals to report emissions.
On April 17, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices added more recommendations to its list of medical abbreviations that should never be used.
In a recent press release, Healthmark Industries announced that it is now offering the SafeStep - ATP Monitor.
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/healthmark-now-offers-safestep-atp-monitor.html
Gen Z and millennials healthcare workers are less likely to report feeling unsafe at work and suffering burnout, but are more likely to report experiencing depression, a Vivian report found .
Following several years of collaboration with major public health agencies, the World Health Organization has broadened its classification of airborne diseases — a move that could have signifi...
WHO announced 10 patient safety rights for healthcare.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists updated its syphilis screening guidelines April 18, encouraging physicians to screen for the sexually transmitted infection three times du...
July and August 2023 had the highest rates of heat-related illness emergency department visits across the nation, and the risk was three times higher than in other warm months — demonstrating a...
The Commonwealth Fund released a new report April 18 examining racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare access, quality and outcomes across the U.S.
Children's Mercy Kansas City (Mo.) researchers found a way to reduce the time to diagnosis for rare disease by 5.5 months.
Nature walks. Dance classes. Volunteering. These are among the social activities being prescribed across at least 30 programs in the U.S. Social prescribing — or the practice of connecting peop...
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/public-health/the-rise-of-social-prescribing.html
For the first time, the majority of U.S. adults say they are not getting enough sleep, a recent Gallup poll found .