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Video of Press Conference Remarks Regarding Unsafe and Illegal Care Conditions for ICU Patients at Brigham & Women’s Hospital
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Committee on Public Health to Hold Hearing on Ebola Preparedness for Frontline Caregivers and First Responders at a Time When Nurses Across Mass. Report a Lack of Education, Training and Proper Protective Equipment to Respond to an Outbreak
The Hearing Follows the Release of New CDC Guidelines Calling for Better Protective Equipment, More Training and Stronger Protocols for Health Care Workers, Cha…
Hospitals Struggle To Beat Back Serious Infections
KHN reporter Jordan Rau spoke on NPR about data that say about 75,000 patients per year die from infections they got in the hospital. Nearly 700 hospitals around the U.S. have higher than expected infection rates.
Brigham & Women’s Hospital Nurses Hold Press Conference To Alert the Public About Deteriorating Patient Care For the Most Critically Ill Patients
Partners HealthCare has increased patient assignments for nurses in the hospital’s ICUs in direct violation of a new state law requiring one-on-one attent…
Time for RNs to Get Out the Vote
Final reminder – Be Part of the 2014 Staffing Conference!
Hospitals’ Struggles To Beat Back Familiar Infections Began Before Ebola Arrived
Each year about 75,000 patients die from infections they caught in the hospital. A KHN analysis of federal data shows that nearly 700 hospitals have higher than expected rates of infection for at least one condition.
High Infection Rates Vary By State
This chart shows what proportion of hospitals in each state had higher than average infection rates for at least one type of infection publicly reported by the CDC.
Degradation of Care Continues to Unfold in Central Mass
Check out this heart breaking story about the failure of our mental health system in Northern Worcester County for a family in Fitchburg. There is a direc…