Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital has performed 100 more transplants than any other pediatric hospital in the U.S. in the last decade. And 2023 was the seventh consecutive year the hospital has led in organ transplants.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia temporarily suspended nonessential clinical operations in response to a teen murder suspect that escaped police custody in the parking lot.

A Montgomery County, Ohio, inmate seized a sheriff deputy's firearm while receiving treatment at Kettering Health Dayton (Ohio) and fled the hospital on Jan. 26.

Sparrow Eaton Hospital, based in Charlotte, Mich., alerted its community Jan. 24 of unsafe levels of copper in its water supply. 

Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Ore., saw a spike in central line-associated bloodstream infections in 2022 and 2023 — the same period of time a nurse at the hospital was allegedly replacing an unconfirmed number of patients' fentanyl with tap water. 

This year, healthcare professionals are focused on patient and staff safety, a recent Becker's poll found.

In an effort to focus on low-performing metrics, Scripps Health introduced "Sprint Teams," a program aimed at addressing challenges and driving initiatives through direct engagement with front-line care teams. 

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.