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The American Hospital Association launched a webpage entitled Reducing Disparities in Health Outcomes, which features new and familiar resources for members and their communities.
An article in the September issue of the American Journal of Nursing reviews best practices for person-centered care of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning individuals.
Swedish Health Services’ nursing leaders collaborated with pharmacy and medicine teams to reduce the overuse of intravenous acetaminophen, reducing costs without sacrificing patient safety.
Expanded practice authority for nurse practitioners increases access to care for Medicare beneficiaries without decreasing physician service delivery or reimbursement, a study found.
Inaccurate artificial intelligence can lead to bad user decisions, a study of 450 nursing students and 12 licensed nurses found.
A lack of resources and advancement opportunities is contributing to the certified nurse assistant shortage in long-term care settings, according to an article published in The Gerontologist.
In response to charge nurses saying they needed more real-time information to assist front-line nurses effectively, HCA Healthcare developed a phone app to determine the workload at the unit and individual nurse level.
Artificial intelligence can aid emergency department teams in better anticipating which patients will be admitted hours earlier than is currently possible, according to one of the largest prospective AI evaluations in emergency settings.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality invites adult intensive care units and non-ICUs to participate in a free 9-month program to decrease catheter-associated urinary tract infection rates.
The Food and Drug Administration announced an end to the national shortage of sodium chloride 0.9% IV solutions products.