The latest news and analysis about patient safety and healthcare quality
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Featured Story | | | PCAST Report Urges Federal Leadership on Patient Safety | | A new report released this week to President Biden issued four recommendations to improve patient safety, including the appointment of a federal patient safety coordinator and requiring annual public reporting of “never events.” |
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News & Analysis | | | Why Nurse Practitioners are a Solution to Rural Healthcare Challenges | | NPs could ease "care deserts" created by physician shortages and rural hospital closings. Nearly 80% of rural U.S. counties are medical deserts, according to the NRHA. About 35% of all U.S. counties are "total maternity deserts"—no access to prenatal or delivery services—and another 54% are considered partial deserts, which equates to 7 million women without access to maternity care, according to the March of Dimes. |
| Patient Volume Expected to Rebound in Fall Following Summer Dip | | Patient volume has been a barometer of the financial health of providers following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the largest for-profit hospitals reported encouraging admission totals in the second quarter of the year, which contributed to stabilizing operating margins. |
| The Medical Library: A Hospital’s Most Underappreciated Asset | | Among healthcare professionals, the hunger for the most current knowledge requires constant feeding. Medical knowledge is always evolving. The latest research will always inform a hospital’s best practices, regardless of the type of medicine being practiced. Research bears this out. |
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