Steady Progress
The infection prevention trends look encouraging, but there’s still work to be done Each day, approximately one in 31 U.S. patients contracts at least one…
2019
Protecting the Channel
The Grey market: Financial issue. Patient safety issue. By April 2018, BD was so concerned about the potential patient-safety impact from product diversion and the…
A Makeover at Cleveland Clinic
How a supply chain team is changing the flow of information and products at one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems What does industrial engineering…
Water works
Everyone knows that good hand hygiene – including hand washing and donning gloves – is important in preventing infections in healthcare settings. So is the…
Inpatient infections
Among hospital inpatients, healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) lead to the loss of tens of thousands of lives and cost the U.S. healthcare system billions of dollars…
A new threat: Candida auris
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has advised healthcare providers to watch for a type of yeast – Candida auris – which has been…
MRSA: The bug all of bugs?
FAQs about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, put together by the editors of the Journal of Healthcare Contracting, based on information from the Centers for Disease Control…
Yankee Alliance: Voice. Service. Leverage.
Thirty-five-year-old RPC upping its game with technology Yankee Alliance has been identifying opportunities for savings and high-quality care on behalf of its members since 1984….
Next Steps
An industrywide consortium took a big step this winter in its quest to bring uniformity to the vendor credentialing process. In January, the Consortium for…
JHC June 2019 News
Number of employed physicians outnumber self-employed in US for first time, new AMA study shows The number of employed physicians exceeds self-employed physicians for the…