Healthcare systems globally are taking steps to enhance quality and safety measures in outpatient settings. This comes as a direct response to the increase in medical procedures historically only handled in hospitals being transitioned to ambulatory facilities.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently phased out their inpatient-only list under the 2026 hospital outpatient…
A comprehensive analysis of the multifaceted issue of central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in patients using long-term central venous catheters (CVCs) outside hospitals was revealed in this study by Oladapo-Shittu et al., 'Characterizing patients presenting on hospital admission with central line-associated bloodstream infections: A Multicenter Study', published by Infectious Diseases in March 2024. The significant…