Featured News
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Research Finds Effectiveness Of Radar And Bed Sensors To Help Keep Seniors Safe
6/23/2016
Monitoring technology helps health providers detect problems early. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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High-Tech, Remote Monitoring Patch Could Help Reduce Hospital Readmissions
6/17/2016
Band-Aid-like patch offers efficient method of post-discharge patient monitoring. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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Institute For Patient Safety Takes Aim At Reducing Medical Error
6/8/2016
Collaborative institute to focus on patient safety issues and preventable medical errors. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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SSM Health Becomes First To Adopt Surescripts National Record Locator Service
6/3/2016
NRLS breaks down barriers to truly connected healthcare with information sharing in real-time. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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Quiz Your Staff With Mobile Apps
6/1/2016
Gamification is making learning new protocols easier according to experts who use mobile quizzes to increase information retention among hospital staff. By Katie Wike, contributing writer
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Small, Rural Hospitals Might Be Safer, More Cost Effective
5/25/2016
Surprising findings show local care might be best for straightforward surgical cases. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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The Rise Of The CNIO
5/19/2016
Informatics nurses provide demonstrated high degree of impact on quality of care. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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Medical Error Is The Third Leading Cause Of Patient Death
5/9/2016
Study finds only heart disease and cancer caused more deaths than medical errors. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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From Scrubbing In To Geeking Out: How My Career Took An Unexpected Turn To IT
5/6/2016
When you think of nurses working in a hospital, you probably imagine them passing out medications, administering treatments, interpreting doctor’s instructions, or simply holding a patient’s hand. And, when I first graduated from nursing school, those were things I did. But my view of nursing began to change in 2002 when I was training to become a surgical nurse while serving in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.
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Leapfrog Study Finds Choice Of Hospital Has Implications For Outcomes
5/3/2016
Hospitals with D or F grades had a nearly 50 percent higher risk of avoidable death. By Christine Kern, contributing writer