Nearly 40 percent of critical care nurses in a University of Virginia Medical Center study said they failed to receive palliative care education in the last two years, according to a study published in Critical Care Nurse.

An immersive, virtual reality experience to educate pediatric patients before a chest X-ray helped reduce their anxiety and distress as well as the procedure time, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

In today's era of healthcare technology used for advancing, diagnosing, preventing and treating preventable diseases, simple human interventions are oftentimes overlooked and underrated as measures of combating diseases. 

Risk-adjusted mortality rates are key indicators of care quality. Hospitals focus on these metrics in an effort to improve patient outcomes, as well as to ensure fair reimbursement for their services.

Seventy-seven percent of nurses correctly predicted patient deterioration, with accuracy rates significantly higher in nurses with more than a year of experience, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in JAMIA Open. 

Vitamin C infusions may improve recovery time and survival rates for sepsis patients, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Clinicians at Indianapolis-based Community Health Network mistakenly administered insulin shots to 16 students at a nearby school, reports Fox59.

The National Institutes of Health aims to create a more protective, longer-lasting flu vaccine through a new program called the Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers.

About 20 percent of patients who were hospitalized for cardiac arrest were readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

An automated chest X-ray interpretation system that uses artificial intelligence was able to identify key findings in X-rays accurately in about 10 seconds, according to researchers from Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City and Stanford (Calif.) University.

HP's second generation of sanitizable PCs and all-in-one devices protect patients and hospital staff from bacteria and bugs.

This season's flu shot may offer limited protection since two of the four strains included in the vaccine do not match the most dominant strains seen in the Southern Hemisphere's flu season, which ended in September, according to STAT. 

The death of a Phoenix hospital patient visited by an unknown man captured readers' attention the most in September.

October marks the three-year anniversary of Lakshmi Halasyamani, MD, stepping into her role as chief quality and transformation officer at Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem.

Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center resumed elective surgeries Sept. 27 after the hospital suspended medical procedures due to mold contamination in a surgical equipment sterilization room, according to the Los Angeles Times.  

Since 2017, 85 percent of Chicago-area hospitals directed ambulances to take patients to other hospitals, prompting a state investigation, according to the Chicago Tribune. 

About three-fourths of patients with vaping-related illnesses nationwide reported using products containing THC, according to CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Sept. 27. 

A patient was injured when a car mistakenly accelerated through the front of a Wilmington, N.C.-based medical office Sept 27, according to WECT News. 

A little over half of U.S. adults plan on getting vaccinated this influenza season, according to data released by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Below are six hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking patient experience leaders.