Infant mortality rates increased by 3% in 2022 compared with 2021 and marks the second straight year of increases, according to the CDC.

About 28% of knee and hip replacements are performed on people younger than 55 and the trend is expected to grow, U.S. News & World Report reported July 24.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC Shadyside Hospital launched an opioid-free pathway for patients undergoing surgery or treatment who want alternative options for pain management, CBS News reported July 22.

While the majority of women recognize the importance of routine preventive health screenings, 43% say they have missed or delayed preventive screenings, including for cancer, according to a survey of 4,000 adult women in the U.S. cited by The Washington Post in a July 22 report. 

An ongoing exodus of healthcare workers from Mount Sinai Beth Israel is posing risks to patient safety "in the very near future," Politico reported July 17.

Experts are warning hospital leaders at facilities near the Atlantic Ocean to take additional steps this year to ensure hurricane preparations are intact and enhanced, amid what is anticipated to be the worst hurricane season on record.

The Veterans Health Administration operates a $43 million medical facility in Orlando that regularly welcomes healthcare workers, but no patients, according to CNBC.

When Ballad Health's Chief Clinical Officer Amit Vashist, MD, sent quality, safety and infection prevention teams to several member hospitals' operating rooms unannounced to assess safety culture, he was met with revolt — but not in the way one might assume. 

Philip Myers, DO, an orthopedic surgeon with Singing River Health in Gulfport, Miss., completed what is understood to be the first three augmented reality surgical procedures in the state. 

A gap in information surrounding conditions like endometriosis, pelvic floor disorders, migraines, and chronic fatigue syndrome is harming women's health, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Lawmakers are pressing VA leadership to elaborate on the patient safety issues at Aurora, Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center that have stopped surgeries at the facility, The Denver Post reported July 9.

For the first time since 2010, the Infectious Disease Society of America published new guidelines for treating complex abdominal infections.

A new term for a well-known phenomenon is gaining traction and highlighting the need for change among hospital administration: Administrative harm.

Hospitals and physicians are voicing concerns over the Biden administration's proposed rules to improve maternal health, arguing the current approach is too punitive and could inadvertently hinder access to obstetrical care. 

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

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.

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. 

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.

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.