If your hospital is interested in becoming certified in specialty stroke care or expanding its existing certification, start by assessing the care you already provide to determine how much—or how little—work you must do to get to the next level.
Radiology is an essential component of modern medicine. It plays an integral role in the prevention, detection, and diagnosis of disease, as well as in treatment delivery and patient care. Moreover, its role is expected to grow in the coming years.
An effective clinical decision support tool is available at the point of care, is as current as possible, and is accurate, a chief medical information officer says.
Medical knowledge advances rapidly, with a plethora of new studies published daily. Clinical decision support tools can help...
U.S. counties with healthcare facilities with the greatest share of 1-star Yelp reviews had the highest death rates, and a difference of just one point—roughly one star—between counties’ average scores could indicate a mortality rate that is better or worse by dozens of lives, according to...
Something of a mixed bag of stuff this week, which is sometimes the case, particularly with the ever-shifting compliance landscape. First up, an update to one of TJC’s safety...
Given what the healthcare industry faced in 2020, the seventh edition of our Data Security Incident Response (DSIR) Report, Disruption and Transformation, is aptly titled. As if fighting the COVID-19 pandemic weren’t enough for the industry to tackle, it also faced a surge of ransomware attacks...
The CDC continues to update its COVID-19 infection prevention and control recommendations for healthcare personnel. Those recommendations call for the continued use of masks and other source control measures even if you are in an area of low transmission.