Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine is collaborating with Netherlands-based medical robotics company Vitestro to test whether automated blood draw devices can be a scalable solution for U.S. hospitals.  For decades, phlebotomists have handled diagnostic blood collection. However, with widespread staffing shortages in…

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai is refining its approach to inpatient diabetes management by integrating standardized protocols, technology and multidisciplinary teams aimed at reducing complications and readmissions.  Managing high blood sugar among hospitalized patients can be complex, as many admitted with diabetes…

In 2023, there were 3.6 million births in the U.S. — the lowest the birth rate has been since 1979 when 3.5 million were recorded — according to data published March 18.  The birth rate fell 2% compared to 2022,…

A former Steward-owned hospital is set to reopen in Pennsylvania and BradenHealth recently purchased two hospitals with plans to restore services.

A March 11 report from the Peterson Center on Healthcare and KFF tracks the performance of healthcare systems over the last few decades. 

Spending on respiratory pathogen testing at U.S. children's hospitals has surged more than fourfold since 2016, as testing rates climbed from 13.6% of emergency department visits to 62.2% in 2022, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open.

Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare has become the first in Delaware to launch an education program for advanced practice clinicians, according to a March 6 news release from the health system. 

Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare has become the first in Delaware to launch an education program for advanced practice clinicians, according to a March 6 news release from the health system. 

Systems have a habit of piling metric upon metric on physicians to help drive performance at their hospitals, but this "metric madness" can be detrimental to physicians, according to a March 4 article on the American Medical Association website.

Systems have a habit of piling metric upon metric on physicians to help drive performance at their hospitals, but this "metric madness" can be detrimental to physicians, according to a March 4 article on the American Medical Association website.