CDC tightens Ebola guidelines for healthcare workers
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 22, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued more stringent guidelines for how healthcare workers should interact with Ebola patients, following an outcry from nurses and other professionals.
Valley fever ‘epidemic’: advice for providers
By
Tim Mullaney
May 21, 2013
The senior citizen population is on the rise in the Southwest. Unfortunately, so is a frightening illness: valley fever.
Of Purell and payment reform
By
Tim Mullaney
Apr 16, 2013
I was sympathetic when the Partnership for Sustainable Health Care called for a speedier shift away from fee-for-service last week — and I also thought about Purell. Yes, that Purell.