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Rounding software captures patient stories, boosts HCAHPS

Nurse leader rounding software in use at one New York City hospital is improving the quality of the patient experience as measured by the facility’s hospital

Wearable device employed against violence in health care settings

To combat violence and ease the mental burden of front-line staff, Bassett Healthcare Network, based in Cooperstown, N.Y., began deploying a wearable

PCORI initiative aims to increase uptake of evidence in practice

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is developing an initiative to facilitate the uptake of evidence from PCORI-funded research directly within health systems.

IFDHE toolkit supports leadership diversity, governance strategies

A toolkit with strategies for advancing diversity and inclusion in hospitals’ and health systems’ leadership and governance was released this week by the

OMH vaccine resource targets ethnic minority populations

To help address concerns people may have related to the COVID-19 vaccines—such as safety, cost and side effects—Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health

Administration invests $1.2 billion in future COVID-19 treatment

This week, the Biden administration announced it will procure approximately 1.7 million courses of molnupiravir, an investigational antiviral treatment developed by Merck.

Nurse invents better way to dispense disposable gloves

Ellen Quintana, a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Nursing, was awarded a patent for her product, which reduces waste and contamination of disposable gloves.

OSHA issues COVID-19 ETS

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) this week issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) for occupational exposure to COVID-19

AONL, AHA Join NAM Effort to Improve CSC Implementation

AONL and the American Hospital Association (AHA) last week joined with the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and other health care organizations in calling for systemwide actions to share clinical and operational lessons learned in the pandemic to better implement crisis standards of care (CSC).

CDC: Masks still required in health care settings

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week emphasized that its new masking recommendations for people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not apply to health care settings.