In a sweeping act of legislation that may affect the future of healthcare safety, late last year the state of Illinois passed a workplace violence prevention law that puts the onus on employers to protect healthcare workers.
California’s State Senate passed a new law this May, granting the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) the power to fine hospitals who violate the state’s existing nurse-to-patient regulations.
Vision-impaired hospital patients have worse clinical outcomes, more readmissions, longer lengths of stay, and higher costs of care than non-vision-impaired patients,...
A new study claims that healthcare organizations can reduce healthcare–associated infections (HAI) by more than half, simply by upping their game on infection control practices.
