The National Black Nurses Association has named Lovoria Williams, PhD, MSN, an associate professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing in Lexington, as Nurse Researcher of the Year.

The CDC has released a list of the 12 states reporting Candida auris cases in the U.S. as of May 31, 2019, including the number of cases in each state. The list includes 685 total confirmed cases and 30 probable cases. Most of the cases have occurred in New York, Illinois and New Jersey.

Rapid response teams at hospitals with better in-hospital cardiac arrest care do not have competing clinical responsibilities and work collaboratively with bedside nurses, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Nicole Rossol became Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital's first chief patient experience officer Feb. 7. Here, she discusses the importance of delivering a high-quality and consistent patient experience as well as the long-term approach that it requires.

Hospitals have a moral obligation to publicly release data on how often they opt for minimally invasive surgery, wrote Ira Leeds, MD, and Martin Makary, MD, who are both surgeons at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, in an op-ed for U.S. News & World Report.

An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Atlanta has been linked to the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, the Georgia Department of Public Health announced July 29, according to The New York Times.

Many midwives and nurse-midwives underestimate the danger of alcohol consumption for pregnant mothers, according to a study published June 11 in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

The resignation of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System's vice president of patient safety and quality captured readers' attention the most in July.

Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital is now accepting patients at its Center for Gender Affirming Medicine, which offers healthcare services for LGBTQ youth.

Physicians have used CRISPR to treat a patient with a genetic disorder for the first time in the U.S., according to NPR.

Healthmark is pleased to announce the newest Flexible Inspection Scope added to their Prosys Optical Inspection product line, the FIS-006.

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare credits a systemwide quality improvement effort for the health system's dramatic reduction in patient harm events over the last decade, according to a study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 

Incorporating an intensive care unit within the emergency department helped Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine improve care and survival rates for its ED population, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Nurses at Children's Mercy in Kansas City, Mo., are experiencing a baby boom, with 36 births among nursing staff expected this year, according to KMBC-TV, an ABC affiliate.

As e-cigarettes have exploded in popularity among teens over the past two years, pediatricians are reporting extreme side effects more commonly associated with substance-abuse disorders, according to The Washington Post.

An emergency rule change requires Missouri health providers to report evidence of Legionnaires' disease within one day rather than the previous three-day period, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced this month, according to The St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Florida is experiencing an increase in the mosquito-borne virus Eastern equine encephalitis, health officials warned in a July 25 statement, according to CNN.

A new Washington state law prohibiting personal and philosophical exemptions from vaccines went into effect July 28, according to STAT.

A second patient was found dead in a bathroom at Houston-based Ben Taub Hospital after waiting for emergency care, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Illinois Department of Public Health officials are investigating two cases of Legionnaires' disease that may have been contracted at Rush Oak Park (Ill.) Hospital, according to The Chicago Sun-Times.