September is Sepsis Awareness Month and on September 8th and 9th the first World Sepsis Congress was held. Sepsis is a medical emergency which was recently confirmed by the Centers for...
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule to establish consistent emergency preparedness requirements for health care providers participating in Medicare and Medicaid, increase patient safety...
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MCN employees Doug Corwine and Dana Miller began seriously bicycling five years ago. Since then, the two have individually ridden in numerous races and charity events. When asked why they...
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National Suicide Prevention Week is September 5 – 11, and World Suicide Prevention Day is September 10th. There are not many of us who have not been affected by suicide. According...
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Has your Emergency Department seen an increase of patients overdosing on fentanyl? The CDC recently issued a Health Update to alert healthcare providers to new developments that have placed more...
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The United States Breastfeeding Committee officially announced August as National Breastfeeding Month beginning in 2011. That same year, The Office of the Surgeon General released The Surgeon General’s Call to...
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The statistics on patient falls are not encouraging: Between 700,000 and 1,000,000 people experience falls in US Hospitals annually. 30 to 50% of those falls result in injury Falls cause...
Read MoreWorld Hepatitis Day is an opportunity to highlight the global burden of this disease. Viral hepatitis – a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E...
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World Malaria Day is Monday, April 25, 2016. This year’s theme is End Malaria for Good. Here are a few facts about malaria: In 2015: There were 214 million cases of malaria globally...
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On September 9, 2015, Amanda Valeur and Jennifer Carter-Scott from MCN Foundation, along with a team of dedicated volunteers, travelled to Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya to meet with MCN Foundation...
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