Tag: health care acquired infections
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As patient-safety penalties hit hospitals, expert wonders why they aren’t improving more; could be eliminated by Obamacare repeal
This is the third year federal government will apply penalties to hospitals that fall short of patient safety standards, leading one Consumers Union leader to wonder why hospitals aren’t working...
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Lexington will host two health conferences in November: one on immunization, one on health-care associated infections
Lexington will host two health conferences in November, one focusing on immunizations and the other on health-care transparency and patient advocacy. The 2016 Kentucky Immunization Conference, titled “Educate, Immunize, Protect:...
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Drug-resistant infections are a grave threat but are loosely monitored; Ky. health facilities must now report them electronically
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Antibiotic-resistant infections are considered one of the gravest threats to humanity, but such infections and the deaths they cause are not routinely reported, hindering...
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Hospitals can learn from revealing account of the attack of a superbug; sequencing germ’s DNA seems to be key
Dr. Tara Palmore, deputy hospital epidemiologist at theNational Institutes of Health Clinic Center, left, and Dr.Julie Segre, a geneticist with the National HumanGenome Research Institute. Both were integral inpinpointing the...
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Revealing patient safety issues and medical errors are goals of Facebook page set up by ProPublica
Photo by iStockphoto.com/selimaksan Interested in creating a venue for those who have been harmed while undergoing medical treatments, ProPublica, the nonprofit, investigative news organization, has set up a Facebook page...
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UK Hospital gets below average marks on patient satisfaction, infections; data on your local hospital are available online
Despite $900 million being invested in expanding the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, its patients at do not seem all that happy with the care they receive there. In an...
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CDC hands out $49 million in public health grants; Kentucky gets more than $800k
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued $49 million in grants to improve public health, $815,000 of which is earmarked for Kentucky. The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and...
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Kentucky needs system to track hospital infections, doctor says
Kentucky is in need of a single, accurate system that tracks hospital-acquired infections in order to improve health care and receive state and federal funding, an op-ed piece in The Courier-Journal contends....