May 5, 2017 has been designated World Hand Hygiene Day. As part of a major global effort to improve hand hygiene in health care, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced...
MCN Foundation is committed to improving access to healthcare information and education, globally, through MCN Learning. We will provide links to free courses and resources for healthcare providers as well...
By Judith Graham | April 26, 2017 | Kaiser Health News
Acute shortages of home health aides and nursing assistants are cropping up across the country, threatening care for people with serious disabilities...
Developing and implementing an effective compliance program is critical for all healthcare organizations. A successful compliance program addresses the public and private sectors’ mutual goals of reducing fraud and abuse;...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), announced, on April 12, 2017, a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) settlement based...
Medication errors – everyone in healthcare is aware; policies and procedures are in place; CPOE is in use – yet medication errors continue to occur.
A medication error refers to an error (of...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is alerting healthcare professionals to be on the lookout for Candida auris in their patients. Candida auris is an emerging fungus that presents...
World Health Day, celebrated on the 7th of April every year, marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization. World Health Day provides WHO with the opportunity...
MCN Foundation is committed to improving access to healthcare information and education, globally, through MCN Learning. We will provide links to free courses and resources for healthcare providers as well...
By Susan Jaffe MARCH 13, 2017, Kaiser Health News
Under a new federal law, hospitals across the country must now alert Medicare patients when they are getting observation care and why they were not...