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A study concluded long-term care aides must have more support, including adequate staffing levels and resources, pandemic preparedness and mental health assistance.
The Department of Health and Human Services will launch a national advertising campaign and tour to encourage families to get the updated Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster.
The declining federal funding for COVID-19 “risks a backslide in pandemic protection, with disproportionate effects on the most vulnerable Americans,” states a commentary in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Maternal deaths rates increased and disparities persisted during the pandemic, according to a Government Accountability Office report analyzing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Joint Commission created a Health Care Equity Accreditation Standards & Resource Center to help organizations meet its health care equity standards, which go into effect in January 2023.
Individuals and organizations working to advance health equity can apply for up to $50,000 in funding from the AARP Center for Health Equity through Nursing and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action.
The Joint Commission this week released a list of 10 practices hospital leaders can pursue to reduce diagnostic errors. Published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
An American Hospital Association podcast features Peter Pronovost, PhD, MD, chief quality and clinical transformation officer at University Hospitals Health System in Cleveland.
The Department of Health and Human Services will host a listening session on Nov. 14 from 1:00 to 2:40 p.m. ET with health care systems and other stakeholders on its plan to create a National Healthcare System Action Alliance to Advance Patient Safety.