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In late January of 2016, the CDC issued a health advisory “urging dialysis providers and facilities toassess and improve infection control practices
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What's New In CMS' Final Inpatient Rule?
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) uses a Prospective Payment System (PPS) to provide incentives for healthcare providers to be...
A new trend in hospital design has been popping up: Micro-hospitals. As our nation's health care options grow, incorporating more satellite...
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Professional Profile: Sheila Cahnman, FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP, and Growing Innovation in Healthcare Design
Few architects have the vantage point brought by a career in healthcare spanning 4 decades. Professional leaders with this kind of experience, in...
A new market for healthcare is experiencing a bit of a boom: Free-standing emergency rooms (FSERs). These facilities provide 24-hour-a-day emergency...
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Hand Hygiene: The Latest Global Statistics
The general public has never been more aware of handwashing, thanks to the COVID pandemic. We all got a glimpse into the world of the healthcare...
There are 6,093 hospitals in the United States. Those facilities can be divided in a variety of categories depending on size, location, demographics,...
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The Top 4 Things Patients Want
Think back to the last time you or a loved one was a patient in a hospital or healthcare facility. What things do you remember most? Is it the stress...