Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is working to expand an innovative nursing program into the system’s newly integrated Lehigh Valley Health Network region in Pennsylvania. In 2022, the system formed its “Nursing SEAL Team” program, aiming to fill vacant shifts while reducing…

As primary care demand accelerates, Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System is betting on a future in which access does not come from more clinicians or exam rooms alone, but from rethinking the basics of how visits happen. The system…

The American Nurses Credentialing Center has awarded 650 hospitals worldwide with the prestigious “Magnet” designation, but only six hospitals have earned the recognition seven times. Becoming a Magnet organization signifies nursing excellence and high quality patient care. Currently, just under…

Health systems are actively working to bolster quality and safety practices in outpatient settings as more care historically only performed in hospitals moves to ambulatory facilities.  CMS recently finalized the phase-out of its inpatient-only list as part of its 2026…

More than 33,000 people with influenza were hospitalized during the week ending Dec. 27, with experts anticipating at least several more weeks of increases, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report, which was published Jan. 5.  “Just looking at the…

In 2025, CMS accreditation agencies, such as The Joint Commission and DNV Healthcare, conducted 4,523 surveys at U.S. hospitals. Here were the 15 most common citations from these surveys, according to data from CMS’ Quality and Certification Oversight Reports:  1.…

New research from Cleveland Clinic highlights the benefits of giving nurses a voice in administrative decisions.  To assess how participation in shared governance models was associated with job satisfaction and clinical improvement participation, researchers anonymously surveyed clinical nurses, including assistant…

Health system chief quality executives are being asked to do more with less, according to a Vizient report about the role’s future.  As CQEs transform from compliance stewards to strategic leaders, the role increasingly “sits at the intersection of clinical…

The U.S. has recorded 7,045 clinical Candida auris cases as of Dec. 20 — a 56.1% increase from the 4,514 cases logged in 2023, according to CDC data.  About half of those cases are in Nevada and California, which each…

In 2025, federal health agencies dismantled precedents in vaccine guidance, fracturing state-federal alignment and fueling concerns about public health guidance. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in June,…