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IOM pushes for primary care, public health integration
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is calling on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), as well as the U.S. Health & Human Services
C. diff infections hit record high
With C. difficile infection rates and deaths climbing to historic highs, all types of healthcare facilities, including hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient settings, should be working to combat
Federal agencies to go on a $6.5B health IT spending binge
Federal agencies will spend $6.5 billion on their own health IT needs in 2016, up from $4.5 billion in 2011, according to a new report from Deltek, a government IT contractor that operates a research
HHS pushes back Stage 2 of Meaningful Use to 2014
As part of a new initiative to accelerate Meaningful Use of electronic health records, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has announced its intent to delay the start of Stage 2 of
Tracking system to help CDC monitor hospital med use
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a new antibiotic use tracking system for hospitals, designed to increase the appropriateness of antibiotic prescribing. The system
Health officials urged to release HIV registry data to providers
The public health establishment is beginning to recognize the value of using state HIV registries to bring HIV-positive patients under the care of a physician, or return them to care after they've
More than one-third of healthcare workers lack flu vaccination
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) isn't close to reaching its goal to vaccinate 90 percent of all U.S. healthcare workers by 2020. Only 63.5 percent of healthcare workers were
Hospital labs consider sharing reportable electronic data
At least 500 hospital labs--including labs from about 100 critical access or rural hospitals--could become part of a new initiative funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that
Mostashari appointment provides continuity for health IT movement
In the view of some health IT observers, the recent appointment of Farzad Mostashari, MD (pictured), to the role of national coordinator of health information technology as a replacement for outgoing
CDC updates guidelines on cutting catheter infections
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee have updated guidelines outlining how to stop bloodstream infections among
