The American Physiological Society and online library Wiley will relaunch the journal Comprehensive Physiology with a new focus on interorgan communication.

A new postpartum, at-home blood pressure monitoring program at M Health Fairview reduced postpartum readmissions due to hypertension by 69%.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health is notifying an unspecified number of patients who may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and C during endoscopy procedures at a clinic on the health system's main campus, FOX affiliate WZTV reported Oct. 11. 

A panel has identified and recommended 36 nutrition competencies that should be included in undergraduate and graduate medical school and training.

Three nurses at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center were seriously injured Oct. 11 after being struck by the driver of a vehicle who dropped off a gunshot victim outside the hospital's emergency department. 

Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, is adding on leadership from nearby Intermountain Health to guide the development of its newly announced medical school.

At Phoenix Children's, leaders are taking note of a growing trend in the subspeciality space. 

Both the diagnosis and management of infectious diseases in hospitalized patients remain prominent clinical challenges and are associated with a substantial financial burden for healthcare systems. This is particularly true in the case of sepsis and septic shock.

Twelve physician groups expressed their "profound objection" to Humana's classification of a spinal procedure as "unproven" in a letter to the healthcare insurer.

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia has been granted a three-year license after previous failed attempts, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Oct. 11.