Long gone are the days when primary care physicians stopped by a hospital on the way home from a hectic day to check on a patient. 

"Outdated protocols" and a lack of patient education around anaphylaxis treatment can result in poor patient outcomes, Medscape Medical News reported Oct. 28.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals typically consume 2,600 liters of intravenous fluids per day. However, with the temporary closure of the nation's primary manufacturer of IV fluids, the system is now tasked with reducing its daily average by about 1,100 liters —…

Pediatric cases of Mycoplasma pneumoniae-associated pneumonia, which can cause "walking pneumonia," have been rising over the last six months, according to the CDC. 

The American Nurses Foundation has allocated $2 million in funding to support nurse-led innovation projections through its Reimagining Nursing initiative. 

There are 31 confirmed cases of bird flu in the country, and experts are concerned that cases may continue to rise, giving opportunities for the flu to mutate, The New York Times reported Oct. 24.

Clinician decision support tools can reduce medical errors and improve care quality, but choosing the wrong one may increase costs, disrupt care quality and burden overworked staff, Wolters Kluwer experts said Oct. 23. 

NYU Langone Health wasn't always a pioneer in transplantation.

As part of its five-year national program to improve MRSA prevention practices across healthcare facilities, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has published a prevention toolkit for ICU and non-ICU settings. 

On Oct. 23, the CDC updated its timeline recommendations for COVID-19 and pneumococcal vaccines.