Patients who stop taking opioids for pain are three times more likely to die of an overdose in the ensuing years, according to a study published Aug. 29 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

The CDC is urging consumers to avoid using e-cigarette products amid an ongoing investigation into a cluster of mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping, reports NBC News.

Below are five hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CMOs in the last two weeks.

CMS' Overall Star Ratings methodology does not account for differences in the type and volume of quality measures hospitals share with the agency, which may offer an inaccurate analysis of quality performance, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

Scientists believe they may be on the verge of developing a successful HIV vaccine, according to The Los Angeles Times.

One in five Americans will soon live in a state that permits aid in dying, but several hospitals and hospices have policies restricting physicians and nurses from discussing the option or being in the room when a patient ingests lethal medication, according to The New York Times.

Shootings occur in hospitals every year, and a blog post from the Joint Commission provides advice on how hospitals can plan active shooter drills.

Workarounds, in which providers bypass burdensome rules to ensure their patients receive the care they need, are common throughout the American healthcare system and reveal its dysfunction, Theresa Brown, PhD, RN, a clinical faculty member at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, wrote in an op-ed for The New York Times.

If B.J. Miller, MD, had not nearly died in 1990, he never would have gone to medical school.

Montana's Missoula County has recorded 169 pertussis cases in 2019, and the county health department issued a warning Sept. 5 that the number of cases is growing as children return to school, according to The Missoulian.

An Ohio man allegedly stole a licensed practical nurse's identity and used fraudulent documents to work as a nurse for four years, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced, according to WSET ABC 13.

The excessive use of social networking sites can detract from nurses' performance at work, according to a study published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Sept. 1 marked the start of Sepsis Awareness Month, which the Sepsis Alliance launched in 2011.

Brian Halpern, a nurse at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center, says the Bahamas were "wiped out" from Hurricane Dorian and are "going to have lots of needs," according to KOMO News.

Adding dedicated antibiotic stewardship-focused training rounds into the medical education curriculum helped increase adherence to guidelines governing the duration of antibiotic therapy, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

The "provider-in-triage" system in emergency departments drives up healthcare costs unnecessarily and gives physicians insufficient time to provide quality care for patients, Keith Corl, MD, an assistant professor at Providence, R.I.-based Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, wrote in an op-ed for STAT.

Smoking e-cigarettes could disrupt the lungs' ability to fight off infection, even if a vaping product contains no nicotine, according to a study published Sept. 4 in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Most men would choose to do household chores rather than visit their physician's office for a check-up, according to a new survey from Cleveland Clinic.

Nurses at Orlando, Fla.-based Dr. P. Phillips Hospital are repurposing previously discarded surgical wraps into sleeping bags for the homeless, according to the Windermere Observer.

Oregon health officials identified the second death linked to a string of mysterious lung illnesses occurring in patients who recently reported vaping, according to The New York Times.