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Study: More than half of ED nurses physically assaulted at work
Everyone knows that nurses have a tough job, but getting spit at, hit, pushed or shoved, scratched and kicked is another matter entirely. These are just some of the hazards faced by nurses working... Read more...
Primary care group outlines swine flu management plan
Emergency departments are increasingly being hit with inflows of patients fearful that they have the H1N1 influenza virus, otherwise known as swine flu. Hoping to help hospitals manage the problem,... Read more...
Number of hospitals requesting up-front payments continues to expand
A few months ago, FierceHealthFinance recounted the tale of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, which drew considerable attention when in 2006, it asked a leukemia patient for $105,000 in cash up front... Read more...
Trend: Hospitals apologize for mistakes publicly
Typically, hospitals have shied away from the legal exposure and bad publicity that come with apologizing publicly for mistakes. Lately, however--prompted by the industry's increasing push toward... Read more...
Colonoscopies increase in New York City
A new study suggests that the number of New York City residents 50 and older who have had colonoscopies has risen sharply--by about 50 percent--over the last five years. The survey, which was... Read more...
Case study: TX hospital uses 'lean manufacturing' methods
At St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, administrators were as likely to get a patient letter saying that their experience was dreadful as they were to get letters praising the hospital experience. Hoping... Read more...
Nurses at 13 Sutter hospitals plan two-day strike
Roughly 5,000 nurses should walk off the job today and tomorrow at Sutter Health-affiliated hospitals in California. This follows a previous two-day walkout by the nurses in October. Affected... Read more...
TX hospital screens all admits for MRSA
Temple, Texas-based Scott and White Hospital has set plans to spend $1 million a year to test all incoming patients for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Scott and White, which is... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Helping administrators, doctors speak same language
Do your hospital's administrators see their physicians as endlessly money-hungry (or so flaky that they don't care of anyone makes money)? How about your doctors? Do they feel that administrators... Read more...
Study: MDs fault hospital exec communication
Physicians aren't very satisfied with communication between themselves and hospital leaders, according to a new study published by consultant Press Ganey. The study, which addresses 21,000... Read more...
