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Also in this weekly roundup of nurse-related news: remembering America’s first black nurse, and executive moves in the field.
In efforts to increase primary care use in the community and decrease avoidable emergency department visits, Copley Hospital in Morrisville, Vt., has spent the past few years examining state data to better understand its population’s needs.
Also in this weekly roundup of health care news: Providence St. Joseph Health launches population health company; Aetna, others try new approach to educate doctors about opioid alternatives.
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: LCMC Health, New Orleans, names market CEO, and Steward Health Care, Dallas, selects president of Utah region.
Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare houses homeless persons and coordinates their care to treat their needs holistically, and Greenville (S.C.) Health System helps Latino families access needed social resources.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a reminder of how far we’ve come — and how far we still must go — to keep patients safe from infections.
The CDC reported in the New England Journal of Medicine that patients were 16 percent less likely to have a health care…
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Mercy Hospital in Minnesota names CEO, and Sutter Delta Medical Center in California selects CEO.
Also in this weekly roundup of nursing news: a Massachusetts nursing director adopts an infant with neonatal abstinence syndrome, and executive moves in the field.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health makes remote consultations available via mobile carts in 34 medical specialties, and Columbus (Neb.) Community Hospital employs interdisciplinary teams to strengthen communications with providers inside and outside of the hospital. Read these AHA Value…
Also in this weekly roundup of health care related news: Cleveland Clinic leader discusses health care trends, and how one health system uses real-time data to make clinical decisions.