Having a trained nurse or nurse team present during central line procedures or catheter insertion reduces the chance of infection for patients by 47%, according to new research from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control.
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39 hospitals with the most ED visits in 2022
Per data collected by Becker’s, Parkland Health and Hospital System reported the highest volume of emergency department visits in 2022.
Pharma companies eye weight-loss drugs for kids
Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk are working to get weight-loss drugs approved for children as young as 6, Bloomberg reported Oct. 20.
Mercy Iowa City reaches impasse over final sale terms with auction winner
Bankrupt Mercy Iowa City hospital said it has reached an impasse to resolve a disagreement with the successful bidder for the 234-bed facility.
Baptist Health Care CEO swaps suit for Waffle House uniform
Baptist Health Care CEO Mark Faulkner and Chief Development Officer KC Gartman got out of their offices Oct. 18 for a unique task: cooking and serving food at a local Waffle House, the Pensacola News Journal reported.
Credit union branch opens inside New York hospital
Port Jefferson, N.Y.-based St. Charles Hospital is opening a “micro” credit union inside its facility for hospital employees and families of patients, Long Island Business News reported Oct. 19.
North Carolina hospital suffers data breach
Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health disclosed that it suffered a data breach affecting 1,943 patients, The Fayetteville Observer reported Oct. 20.
Google can track analytics from healthcare providers, judge says
A California judge rejected the request to prevent the tech giant Google from gathering user analytics data from websites of healthcare providers, Law360 reported Oct. 18.
Viewpoint: Time is running out to create ethical framework for AI
A professor from University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center said he’s worried that sophisticated, costly AI systems would only be implemented in high-resource hospitals, enhancing results for patients who are already relatively well-off.
Sanofi addresses shortage of RSV drug
Demand for the first FDA-approved respiratory syncytial virus drug for children is surpassing what the drugmaker expected, and the CDC has paused orders.
