Hospital rankings from U.S. News & World Report and CMS, readmission penalties and a deadly human infection linked to contact with a sick horse captured the attention of readers in August.
The following are the 10 most popular stories from Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality from the past month, starting with the most-read.
1. US News names 20 hospitals to its Honor Roll: 6 things to know
2. Maryland hospital shuts down NICU after deadly bacteria discovered
3. The 49 hospitals facing the highest readmission penalties from Medicare
4. Where are the hospitals that received 1 star from CMS?
5. CMS penalizes 2.6k hospitals for high readmissions: 5 statistics
6. How did CMS rate US News' 20 Honor Roll hospitals?
7. Where are the 102 hospitals that received 5 stars from CMS?
8. Deadly human infection linked to contact with ill horse
9. Investigation: UCHealth hospital didn't properly clean vaginal ultrasound probes
10. 3 wrong-site surgeries prompt changes at Phoebe Putney