Recently Bloomberg released their first in a series of articles on Advanced Practice Nursing. Practitioners. This first installment focused on nurse practitioner education, offering harmful and unsubstantiated opinions regarding the educational preparation and subsequent care provided by U.S. based Nurse Practitioners to patients across the United States. As dedicated nurse practitioner faculty and nurse practitioners (NPs), each with over 30 years’ experience in the field, we denounce this misguided reporting as irresponsible and dangerous to patient safety, as we did almost five years ago in Becker’s Hospital Review rebutting a similar article. Perpetuating the messaging that NPs are “unsafe” is old, tired, and unsupported by peer-reviewed research. 

Here are the chief nursing leaders from the 11 hospitals with Magnet with Distinction programs.

The CDC has updated annual flu shot recommendations for the 2024-25 season, noting two key changes: A return to trivalent vaccines, and two vaccines now considered acceptable options for adult solid organ transplant recipients. 

West Virginia has the highest central line-associated bloodstream infection rate in the country, while North Dakota has the lowest, CDC data shows. 

In the late-'90s, I entered the healthcare workforce as an internist at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital. I was called to medicine, like so many of my peers, by a desire to help people, to heal them.

The CDC is investing $118.5 million in public health infrastructure to identify and prevent pregnancy-related deaths.

Leaders of the CDC, HHS and FDA held a press conference Aug. 23 about the upcoming respiratory virus season. Here are four things to know:

A patient-controlled liquid oral opioid device could address delays in pain medication delivery, according to a study published July 26 in the Journal of Pain Research.

Conceptually, "do not resuscitate" orders are straightforward medical documents. However, confusion among medical staff can lead to inappropriate care or patient harm, The New York Times reported Aug. 26.

About 140 infants were abducted from healthcare facilities between 1964 and April 2024, and the number continued to decline, NPR affiliate WHYY reported Aug. 22.

Two-thirds of communication errors in healthcare relate to patient handoffs, according to The Joint Commission. After finding these handoffs were a root cause of miscommunication safety events, MD Anderson Cancer Center sought to flip the script. 

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health is working to harness the power of predictive modeling to identify early signs of patient deterioration, enabling clinical teams across its 12 hospitals to intervene more quickly and save lives.

Long COVID presents itself differently in elementary school-age children than it does in adolescents, according to research published Aug. 21 in JAMA. 

In recent weeks, The Joint Commission has unveiled a new resource center on workforce safety, tapped its first director of healthcare sustainability and released new emergnecy managment standards for nursing care centers. 

5 essential stages of patient engagement Like your grandfather’s toolbox, cardiology once relied on a limited set of tools when it came to providing care. However, advancements in the field have flourished in recent years.

IU Health Bloomington (Ind.) Hospital was warned by a fire marshal to remove patients from its hallways, The Herald-Times reported Aug. 21.

At some of the nation’s top hospitals, patient safety and quality leaders are exploring strategies to reduce hospital-acquired infections while testing AI capabilities in healthcare.

Pharmacy, cancer and musculoskeletal conditions remain the top drivers of increased healthcare costs for employers, but cardiovascular conditions are on the rise as well, a Business Group on Health report found.

CMS' new safety measures are a welcome addition for Peter Silver, MD, senior vice president, chief quality officer and associate chief medical officer of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.

NYC Health + Hospitals is using a new mobile app to promote appropriate antibiotic use among clinicians.