Health Care Workers Skip Hand Washing One-Third of the Time
Outpatient facility staff also found to be lacking at safe injection practices
Doctors Can Be Misled About FDA ‘Breakthrough’ Drug Designation
Many believe meds supported by stronger evidence than the law requires to achieve designation
VA Commission on Care: Eliminate VA Medical Centers
Eight veterans organizations denounce document in letter to Commission Chairwoman
Are Guidelines Needed to Assess Competence of Aging Physicians?
Reps from physician, hospital, patient safety organizations explore need for national guidelines
March 2016 Briefing – HIV & AIDS
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in HIV & AIDS for March 2016. This roundup includes...
Treatment Guidelines Lacking for Molluscum Contagiosum in HIV+
Poor quality of studies prevents development of specific treatment recommendations
Long-Acting Raltegravir Shows Promise in Protection from HIV
Long-acting formulation protects humanized mice from repeated high-dose vaginal HIV challenges
Johns Hopkins Announces HIV-to-HIV Organ Transplants
One donor supplied a kidney to one patient and a liver to another patient
AMA Addresses Elements of Team-Based Care Model
New module from STEPS Forward collection describes how to bring these elements together
How Can We Fix the Wage Gap Among Female Physicians?
Women need to become better negotiators and lobby for transparency to reduce gender wage disparity
