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Quick, Cheap, and Effective: Oral Care Makes Serious Dent in Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Cases
If you work in healthcare, then you’re probably aware that there’s room for improvement. You’re also probably aware of the deluge of strategies, solutions, recommendations, and guidance on enhancing quality and patient safety—all of which require time, money, equipment, metrics, and manpower you may not have.
 

News & Analysis
Trump: For Every New Healthcare Regulation, Two Must Be Removed
On January 30, President Trump signed a new executive order declaring a “one-in, two-out” rule for healthcare regulations. Under the executive order, for a new healthcare regulation to be implemented two older regulations will have to be eliminated.
Hospitals Worry Repeal of Affordable Healthcare Act Will Jeopardize Innovation in Care
The American Hospital Association estimates that hospitals across the U.S. could lose more than $160 billion from the reduction in Medicaid revenue and the increase in unpaid medical bills.

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Hospital Study Demonstrates Remarkable Improvement in CPR Quality with Low-Dose, High-Frequency Training
CPR proficiency was the subject of a recent UAB Hospital ED study in which Jones took part. Hospital staff are traditionally required to undergo formal CPR training once every two years. But is that enough?
 

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The Active Shooter Response Toolkit for Healthcare Workers
Hospitals face many challenges in regard to active shooter risk such as providing care to victims of shootings and being prepared in the event a shooting situation occurs at the hospital. In times of crisis, it is imperative that proper protocol is followed to minimize risk to workers and patients, and to end the situation as safely as possible. This is where The Active Shooter Response Toolkit for Healthcare Workers steps in to help. This electronic toolkit contains best practices, on-the-job advice, and tools that allow you to easily train your hospital staff—delivered to you in a fast and convenient electronic format.
 

  

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How Parkland Health Successfully Implemented a Suicide Risk Screening Program
Date: February 7, 2017 | 1:00PM-2:30PM ET
Join Kimberly Roaten, PhD, CRC, and Celeste Johnson, DNP, APRN, PMH, CNS as they how Parkland became the first hospital in the nation to establish a universal suicide screening program.
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