A patient was tested for Ebola at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia Feb. 6, according to NBC News. The patient was cleared of the virus later on Feb. 6, according to an update from NBC News. 

San Francisco-based Dignity Health created a joint venture that will offer online academic degrees to clinical and nonclinical professionals in the healthcare industry, the health system announced Jan. 30.

The Pennsylvania Health Department may investigate Ellwood City Medical Center after a recent inspection found it improperly stored biological waste, according to sources cited by the Ellwood City Ledger.

Texas providers are implementing a teletrauma program, which uses technology to let trauma surgeons provide instant virtual care to patients, CBS-affiliate TV station KFDA reports.

Chicago-based Lurie Children's Hospital is making phone calls to local residents reminding them to get vaccinated as flu activity heightens across the country, NBC Chicago reports.

Researchers created a microchip antibiotic-testing platform that can determine the best drug to use against an infection in about seven hours, according to research published in Biomicrofluidics.

A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control examined the efficacy of a hand hygiene compliance project among anesthesia providers in the operating room.

Influenza vaccinations significantly reduced the number of flu-related illnesses, medical visits and hospitalizations during the 2017-18 flu season, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.

A former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., accused of inadvertently injecting a patient with a fatal medication dose has been indicted on charges of reckless homicide and impaired adult abuse, The Tennessean reports.

Hospitals keep making preventable mistakes, and patients continue to pay the ultimate price for them. Just before the new year, an update of the investigation by The Wall Street Journal found that more than 100 psychiatric hospitals hold their accreditation despite safety violations, 16 percent of them severe.

Hospital sinks stationed near toilets in patient rooms may act as reservoirs for Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing bacteria, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

CMS placed Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center in Janesville, Wis., on "immediate jeopardy" in 2016 after a man visited the hospital with suicidal thoughts and committed suicide the same day, reports the GazetteXtra.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital has treated two patients with measles in the last two weeks, according to the New Haven Register.

Two patients come to a hospital. One is experiencing breathing difficulty, dizziness and incessant bleeding. The other frequently seeks medical care, has heart problems and is experiencing abdominal pain and pronounced swelling in his legs and ankles.

CMS recently announced the final Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule for fiscal year 2019, invasive cardiac diagnostic procedures join the ranks of the newest procedures to be conducted in the ambulatory surgery centers. Increasingly, procedures that were the private domain of the acute care hospital will now be conducted and reimbursed by CMS in ASCs.

The World Health Organization should declare the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak an international public health emergency, a group of health experts wrote in an article published Feb. 4 in The Lancet.

Three reviews that Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare commissioned found its paramedics and research staff acted appropriately in its ketamine study of agitated patients, which drew criticism last year, according to the Star Tribune.

CMS has notified Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System that two of its hospitals involved in an investigation of patient deaths could lose Medicare funding due to serious pharmaceutical services deficiencies, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

CMS placed Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., on "immediate jeopardy" after finding significant safety issues during a January inspection, according to the Tampa Bay Times.

Clinicians can focus on several key ways to reduce sepsis mortality, including patient monitoring and early detection, according to a video interview released by the Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety.