Researchers have pinpointed enterovirus as the likely cause of acute flaccid myelitis, the polio-like condition affecting young children across the country, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.

Hospital outpatient surgery departments have better patient safety practices than ambulatory surgery centers, but both have problems regarding clinician certification and training, according to The Leapfrog Group report released Oct. 22. 

The board of the American Academy of Dermatology unanimously voted to oust Scott Dinehart, MD, after he created an organization to board certify physician assistants who work in dermatology, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports. 

Forty-seven percent of clinical leaders, along with 40 percent of executives and 31 percent of clinicians, are unsure if it's worth it for organizations to use patient-reported outcome measures, according to an NEJM Catalyst Insights Council report published Oct. 3. 

Patients treated at the nation's best performing hospitals have a 49 percent lower mortality risk rate than the poorest performing hospitals, according to a 2020 Healthgrades analysis published Oct. 22. 

Between December 2017 and June 2019, more than a million children were no longer enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, according to census data analyzed by The New York Times.

New York City-based Mount Sinai was granted $25 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how environmental factors influence people's health, according to an Oct. 22 news release. 

Healthmark Industries is proud to announce Kevin Anderson as their newest Clinical Education Coordinator.

Four states agreed Oct. 21 on a framework for a $48 billion settlement with five drug companies over their alleged role in fueling the opioid crisis, according to The Hill.

Nearly half of women discharged with an opioid prescription after giving birth via cesarean section are over-prescribed, according to a new study.