| PSQH Connect - Sponsored Content PSMJ Member Content | Preventing Fires in the OR | | An unplanned fire is the ultimate sign that things have gone sideways. Despite being labeled a never event and countless regulations on how to prevent them, fires still break out in hospitals. Between 2012 and 2014 there were 5,700 medical facility fires reported to fire departments. |
| CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald Resigns | | Just two days after Alex Azar was sworn in as the new head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Azar accepted the resignation of his CDC director. |
| A Push To Get Older Adults In Shape For Surgery | | A Push To Get Older Adults In Shape For SurgeryResearchers reported that older adults who went through the POSH program before major abdominal operations spent less time in the hospital (four days versus six days for a control group), were less likely to return to the hospital in the next 30 days, and were more likely to return home without the need for home health care. |
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