A national patient safety effort that standardizes best practices across all U.S. hospitals is required to achieve and sustain meaningful improvements in patient care, five patient safety experts said in a NEJM Catalyst article published Dec. 12. …
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CEO to retire after 35 years at Kentucky system
President and CEO Kristie Whitlatch, MSN, BSN, is retiring from King’s Daughters Health System in Ashland, Ky.
113 House members call on leadership, president to halt looming Medicare cuts
A group of 113 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Biden and House and Senate leadership to prevent looming Medicare cuts from going into effect, including the 4 percent statutory Pay-As-You-Go sequester.
American Society of Anesthesiologists issues new guidance for physicians
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has issued new guidance on the monitoring and reversal of neuromuscular blockade medication during general anesthesia in the peer-reviewed medical journal Anesthesiology.
American College of Gastroenterology honors Louisiana physician
The American College of Gastroenterology has awarded its 2022 Willaim D. Carey award to James Hobley, MD, a physician at Shreveport, La.-based GastroIntestinal Specialists, according to a Dec. 15 report from KTBS.
New York City health system gets $1M in funding for cardiology improvements
NYC Health + Hospitals and New York City-based South Brooklyn Health received $1 million in cardiology funding from the state of New York.
Arkansas hospital delays opening again as broadband project awaits full approval
Funding to help with broadband projects at a rural Arkansas hospital cleared another legislative hurdle Dec. 13, but the hospital is still behind closed doors even as it was supposed to open Dec. 6 and may not be fully open in 2022.
Tennessee health system strikes partnership to deploy AI-driven virtual nursing
Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services has partnered with software company Care.ai to implement the company’s Virtual Nursing platform at Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Medical Center.
Top 10 nursing stories of 2022
Here are the 10 most-read nursing stories published by Becker’s in 2022, listed in order from most to least popular:
Lawmakers want to 'delink' telehealth coverage from the public health emergency
Two House members said that congress is trying to expand Medicare’s virtual flexibilities beyond the public health emergency, NextGov reported Dec. 14.
