The Joint Commission has established a new resource for hospital and healthcare workers aimed at addressing their own health and to promote safety and health across their workforce.

Amid Hawaii's peak tourism season, demand for COVID-19 vaccines is rising as supply dips, local news station KHON2 reported June 9.

CMS for the first time has proposed "baseline" requirements related to hospitals' obstetrical services, which include standards related to staffing and emergency readiness. 

As of June 29, emergency room visits for COVID-19-related illnesses have increased 18.4% and hospitalizations have increased 13.3% from the previous week, the CDC found.

The second patient to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig, and who lived with the organ for 47 days, died July 7, The New York Times reported July 9.

Around 13% of patients with a dementia diagnosis may instead have advanced liver disease — also called cirrhosis — which can cause reversible cognitive decline, researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Richmond VA Medical Center found.

Hospitals, on average, save $1,763 per admission, have fewer patient complications, and a decreased length of stay after implementing programs based on 12 standards outlined by the American College of Surgeons.

Compared to white and cisgender adolescents, Black youth and transgender and nonbinary adolescents are less likely to be admitted for patient care, according to a study published July 8 in JAMA Pediatrics. 

In February, lawmakers in California introduced a bill to enable community colleges in the state to offer a Bachelor of Science in nursing. The legislation is now facing pushback from leaders at state universities who say it would not actually serve its purpose of enabling more nurses to enter the workforce. 

Eighty-five days shy of October, the month when respiratory virus season typically begins in the U.S., the CDC and FDA have already made several key announcements about what clinicians can expect for the 2024-2025 round of vaccines for the infections that dominate during this time of year: influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19.

Phoenix-based Mayo Clinic in Arizona performed the third total larynx transplant in the U.S. and the first to be performed on a patient with active cancer.

Nurse graduates in Rhode Island can now begin to practice before taking and while awaiting NCLEX results, but they must become licensed within 90 days, according to a new state law.

A clinical trial has found an injectable HIV treatment could be an effective prevention for the infection, NPR reported July 3.

A recent report found that 54% of Americans have self-diagnosed using online information, with search engine and medical information websites being the most commonly used sources.

The National Committee for Quality Assurance has denied an accreditation for medical credentialing at Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health.

The FLiRT variants of COVID-19 are gaining momentum, with emergency department visits diagnosed as COVID went up 23.3% from the week prior, building up to an anticipated "summer wave" across multiple states, especially in the South, CDC data shows.

WHO released the first clinical guidelines for tobacco cessation.

In 2012, a program for children's hospitals in the U.S. and Canada launched to eliminate patient and employee harm.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has more than tripled the number of liver transplants performed since 2018. 

In 2005, Cincinnati Children's had a serious patient safety event every 21 days on average. Now, there are hundreds of days between safety events.