Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has reduced the number of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions by half by implementing an outpatient antibiotic stewardship program.

With the rise of violence in hospitals, health system leaders should embed safety into training for new staff and transparent conversations with employees, according to an opinion piece published Nov. 20 in Time. 

Researchers from Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health have discovered that an injection of anesthetic to specific nerves in the neck may be able to improve loss of smell and taste associated with long COVID.

Authorities are investigating a shooting at Concord-based New Hampshire State Hospital that left two people dead Nov. 17.

Ambulance deserts affect at least 4.5 million people, and more are likely to appear as the EMS industry decays in rural communities, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 16. 

A recent study found patients who utilized telehealth visits had lower rates of follow-up care completion.

After multiple nurses have been charged and imprisoned for administering fatal amounts of insulin, it's clear there's a lack of regulation in hospitals and nursing homes, the Winston-Salem Journal reported Nov. 16.

Last month, the FDA warned hospitals to stop giving probiotics to preterm infants following the death of a baby that was linked to the products. Now, some physicians are concerned that a lack of access to the products will subject premature infants to a severe gut disease, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 16. 

With the inflation of prescriptions for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy, physicians began seeing a startling amount of regurgitation and aspiration in surgeries. 

Over the last decade, Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has significantly reduced the incidence of serious patient safety events across its member hospitals.

The life expectancy gap between men and women in the U.S. has widened to the largest difference since 1996, with women expected to live almost six years longer than men, according to a recent study.

More than 20% of patients who take Paxlovid experience a virologic rebound of COVID-19 after stopping treatment, according to research published Nov. 13 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. 

A woman with a uterine didelphys, or double uterus, is carrying a pregnancy in each uterus, ABC reported Nov. 13.

Women and biological females are nine times more likely to be diagnosed with the autoimmune disease Lupus than males, and now researchers at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins have found why. 

Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton, Okla., is one of the latest hospitals in the nation to adopt TeamBirth — a care model that 94% of clinicians say improves patient outcomes.

At AdventHealth, The Leapfrog Group's hospital safety grades aren't just another nice-to-have recognition or rating — it's a core part of the clinical agenda, which is reflected in 32 of the health system's 42 eligible hospitals receiving an "A" grade this fall,and its Daytona Beach (Fla.) hospital achieving its 24th straight 'A.'

New York City-based NYU Langone physicians successfully completed the world's first whole eye transplant for a survivor of a 7,200-volt electrical accident.

Earlier this year, a team at Northwestern Medicine used breast implants to save the life of a 34-year-old man in need of a double lung transplant. 

An Arizona man was arrested after allegedly stealing an ambulance with four firefighters and a patient inside, Telemundo Arizona reported Nov. 6.

Honolulu police are investigating a patient after emergency room staff discovered a gun on him, Hawaii News Now reported Nov. 6.