The 407 hospitals that received five stars in CMS' January update of its Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings captured readers' attention the most in February.
Here are the 10 most-read stories from Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection Control for the month, beginning with the most popular:
1. The 407 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS
2. 228 hospitals with a 1 star rating from CMS
3. The nation's top 22 patient-recommended hospitals
4. CDC mistakenly clears 13th US coronavirus case
5. The 15 US hospitals patients are least likely to recommend
6. Coronaviruses can remain on surfaces for up to 9 days, study finds
7. 1st American dies of coronavirus as death toll surpasses SARS
8. Flu death estimate hits 14,000, CDC says
9. 15th US coronavirus case reported in Texas; asymptomatic transmission confirmed
10. Coronavirus pandemic 'almost certain' as cases more than triple in 1 week, expert warns
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