March/April 2019 • Vol. 2019 No. 2
SAVE THE DATE
Inside The
Issue:
How Sentara hospitals
use copper to drop
infection rates
p. 7
Half of young patients
don't get private time
with physicians
p. 10
Accessible care more
important to patients
than care quality
p. 11
Viewpoint: Why removing
access to healthcare is a
moral issue
p. 12
Late-career physicians
more likely to prescribe
long antibiotic courses
p. 14
Hospital insurance claims
not best way to track SSIs,
study suggests
p. 17
50 states ranked by
amount of active nurses
p. 24
BECKER'S
Clinical Leadership & Infection Control
Becker's Hospital Review
2nd Annual Health IT + Clinical
Leadership + Pharmacy 2019
May 2-4, 2019
Swissotel | Chicago, Illinois
170+ Speakers from Hospitals and Health Systems
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30+
STORIES
FEATURED
Bill Gates: We
aren't ready
for a deadly flu
pandemic
p. 8
Boston Children's researchers
tap machine learning for better flu
surveillance p. 6
Physician
viewpoint:
We must stop
blaming patients
for unhealthy
lifestyle choices
p. 10
How to create the 'aha moment'
most nurses are missing p. 22
INSIDE THE ISSUE
How CRISPR
can help
with
antibiotic
development
p. 16
Patient relationships in the age
of tech, 8-second attention spans:
5 Qs with Dignity Health's SVP of
quality, patient experience p. 11
3 most, least
rewarding
parts of
working as
an RN
p. 25
