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Cyber criminals are using the 2019 novel coronavirus to launch malicious phishing campaigns against health systems, the Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response reported. The attacks use emails with attached Word, PDF and MP4 files purporting to…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week issued an emergency use authorization to make the agency’s 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel available to qualified labs throughout the United States.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week issued updated recommendations for health professionals on how the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) spreads and steps health care facilities can take to minimize exposure to the infection while delivering health services.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) last week released its Biennial Report on the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). The NLC allows registered and licensed practical/vocational nurses to have one multistate license permitting them to practice in person or via telehealth in their…
AONL announced presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will be the keynote speaker at AONL 2020 March 18 to 21 in Nashville, Tenn. In her recent book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, Goodwin explores leadership through the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln, Lyndon Johnson, Theodore Roosevelt and…
AONL this week announced Ann Marie T. Brooks, PhD, RN, is its 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. The award recognizes an AONL member who has served AONL, the nursing community and the profession in an important leadership capacity. Brooks is president of the Mount Carmel College of Nursing…
Data released from the 2018 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses showed the nursing workforce diversified in race, ethnicity and gender over the past decade. The percentage of the workforce identifying as Hispanic almost tripled, from 3.6% to 10.2%, and the percentage identifying as Black…
Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City launched a four-part set of best practices for antibiotic prescribing at its urgent care clinics in July 2019. Since doing so, prescribing at those clinics dropped by nearly 30%. The effort was initiated with a $1.8 million contract awarded by the Centers…
The Joint Commission updated elements of performance requirements for hospitals, critical access hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers participating in the Advanced Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement Certification program. The standards, which will go into effect July 1, 2020, include 11 new…
The Joint Commission released findings of a study showing a professional development course called the Program for Distressed Physicians reduced unprofessional physician behavior. The program consisted of three one-day sessions spread over six months in which physicians learned, among other things…