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Our consultants and educators are physician leaders and senior healthcare professionals with hands-on experience in hospital, ambulatory, physician practice and disease management settings. Maureen Connors Potter, former executive director for International Accreditation at the Joint Commission International (JCI), has joined HCPro, Inc., as Vice President for International Services, to lead delivery of HCPro's products and services for the global market.

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Ontario hospitals begin posting C. diff rates

On October 3, 2008, Ontario hospitals will begin posting infection rates of Clostridium difficile (C. diff) as part of a new government requirement, reports The Canadian Press.

Ontario's 157 hospitals are required to publicly report the infection rate for August and monthly thereafter, but do not have to submit the number of deaths related to infection.

By the end of the year, the hospitals will also have to report on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci.

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Increased patient population leads to concerns in Auckland

Auckland hospitals are short of patient beds, jeopardizing patient safety, reports the New Zealand Herald.

The Auckland District Health Board committee was presented with evidence of overcrowding leading to poor patient safety. Emergency medicine specialists have called for a 15% increase of inpatient beds, reports the Herald. Evidence also shows that hospitals are currently running at greater than 90% occupancy.

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