“Malaria is a medical emergency and should be treated accordingly. Patients suspected of having malaria should be urgently evaluated in a facility that is able to provide rapid diagnosis and treatment, within 24 hours of presentation,” the CDC wrote in a media statement.
A couple of fairly short (and somewhat disparate, but the risk assessment process can figure in both) items this week: one a question/thought relating to emergency management and...
While healthcare organizations are scrambling to understand how and where AI can best fit in, there’s a mad rush to figure out policy and regulations as well.
Hospitalizations involving fungal infections increased 8.5% each year between 2019 and 2021, according to a new CDC analysis, and was driven primarily by hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19–associated fungal infections....
Creating and sustaining a culture of safety has been a challenge for many healthcare organizations, but the objective value in having one can’t be overstated. Organizations like the Institute for Healthcare...
When the Leapfrog Safety Group published its annual list of Hospital Safety Grades, they announced they’d found a significant increase in healthcare-associated infections (HAI) during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic has been officially ended, it’s a good time for healthcare organizations...
