A new study based on data from more than 7,000 patients found collaborative care models in hospitals are tied to shorter hospital stays and other improved outcomes. 

An 11-year-old boy recently became the first person in the U.S. to receive a successful gene therapy for congenital deafness, The New York Times reported Jan. 24.

Providence Milwaukie (Ore.) Hospital received an immediate jeopardy warning from CMS after a patient died Dec. 12 following discharge from the emergency department, The Lund Report said Jan. 18.

A team of U.S. and international pediatric medical experts developed a new definition of sepsis in children at the Society for Critical Care Medicine's 2024 Critical Care Congress being held in Phoenix, Jan. 21-23. 

Three crew members died in a medical helicopter crash in Oklahoma on Jan. 20, according to the air ambulance provider Air Evac Lifeteam.

Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania researchers completed the first successful experiment of circulating a deceased donor's blood through a genetically engineered pig liver.

Close to 1 in 5 past diagnoses of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children would now not technically qualify as cases under an updated definition from the CDC, according to a study published Jan. 11 in Pediatrics.

There are no reported injuries following a Jan. 14 active shooter situation at Dillingham, Alaska-based Kanakanak Hospital, managed by Dillingham-based Bristol Bay Area Health Corp., according to a Jan. 14 news release shared with Becker's.

Oklahoma University Health, located in Norman, is the first in the state to offer a tissue freezing procedure to promote fertility, the system announced Jan. 4.

HCA Healthcare's Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., is at risk of losing CMS funding after a preliminary survey by inspectors found aspects of care that threatened patient health and safety, resulting in an immediate jeopardy warning, the Asheville Watchdog reported Jan. 11.

Aduhelm, a drug that received accelerated approval from the FDA for Alzheimer's treatment,  has shown success in early trials. Now researchers are working to find a way to deliver more of the drug to the brain to boost its effectiveness, according to the study published Jan. 4 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has drafted recommendations for behavioral treatment for children and adolescents with high body mass index.

Nearly a fourth of patients who are transferred to intensive care units or die in hospitals are misdiagnosed or have delayed diagnoses, according to research published Jan. 8 in JAMA. 

As many as 10% of patients diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes actually have latent autoimmune diabetes of adults, according to a KFF Health News report.

One patient was treated for burns after an equipment malfunction at Hopemont Hospital, a long-term care facility.

While Paxlovid is highly effective at preventing severe COVID-19 and death, only a small proportion of high-risk patients take the medication, according to research conducted by the National Institutes of Health.

Health system violence and violence against physicians and practitioners has continued to rise in the last few years, with the healthcare and social services industry recording 453,200 nonfatal injuries in 2021 — more than any other industry. 

As health systems explore ChatGPT's uses, a study conducted by New York City-based Cohen Children's Medical Center found the chatbot missed the mark in pediatrics. 

The New Hampshire safety and health departments are considering major policy updates for hospitals that would encourage hospital security to carry guns. However, many oppose armed security in health facilities, the New Hampshire Bulletin reported Jan. 3.

Chippenham Hospital, an HCA Healthcare facility in Richmond, Va., is boosting security measures following a Dec. 22 shooting that left two people injured, ABC affiliate WRIC reported.