May/June 2019 • Vol. 2019 No. 3
SAVE THE DATE
Inside The
Issue:
Multidrug-resistant
infections cost hospitals
$2.4B annually
p. 6
Measles uptick may be
'new normal,' says CDC
leader
p. 14
Safety issues spur
Pennsylvania hospital to
create new exec position
p. 26
10 most common sentinel
events of 2018
p. 38
Tufts launches
antimicrobial resistance
research center
p. 50
Viewpoint: How to tell
patients AI is part of their
care
p. 60
Better hospital care
cannot prevent most
sepsis deaths, study finds
p. 78
BECKER'S
Clinical Leadership & Infection Control
110+
STORIES
FEATURED
Physician
viewpoint: Why
are we still using
stethoscopes?
p. 81
The universal rule on how much
time hospitals should spend on
quality in board meetings p. 79
Physicians
'terrorized into
silence' by
anti-vaccine
groups online
p. 14
How Mount Sinai increased hand
hygiene compliance by 20% p. 10
INSIDE THE ISSUE
Steal this idea:
How a 'D' grade
redefined the role
of quality teams at
Piedmont Health
p. 69
From national security to
hospital safety: How SSM Health's
Chief Quality Officer Dr. Alexander
Garza is tackling HAIs p. 18
Why this Boston
physician gives
his cellphone
number to
patients
p. 58
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