The FDA has added a new cyclospora outbreak of at least 72 cases to its active investigations table. The July 22 listing marks the agency’s fifth active cyclospora investigation of the season. The new cluster comes amid what’s now the…

The chief medical officer role has evolved dramatically over the last decade to meet the needs of the ever-changing industry, Matt Boles, MD, said, and keeping on top of the shifting trends requires a proactive approach to leadership. “I think…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has now reported more than 1,033 confirmed Ebola deaths 67 days after it was declared an outbreak. This outbreak is killing more people at a greater rate compared to any outbreak on record, ABC News…

Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health now allows certified nurse midwives to practice at the top of their license as of April. Midwives with at least two years and 4,000 hours of clinical experience will now be able to admit patients to…

Barbara Nichols, DL(h), DSc(h), PedD(h), MSN, RN, FAAN, a nursing trailblazer and transformational leader, died following a nursing career spanning more than 60 years, according to a July 22 American Nurses Association news release. Ms. Nichols served as the first…

Michigan has become the 29th state to join the PA Licensure Compact after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation easing multistate practice for physician assistants, according to the American Academy of Physician Associates.  The compact lets eligible PAs obtain a “compact…

Columbus-based OhioHealth has launched a kidney transplant program at its Riverside Methodist Hospital, the system’s largest hospital, with 1,059 beds. The nonprofit system announced the program July 8. OhioHealth said the new teaching hospital’s program offers continuity, as it keeps…

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers approved an emergency rule July 16 to allow qualified registered nurses without a master’s degree to teach clinical nursing courses, as part of a push to ease the state’s nursing workforce shortage. Mr. Evers announced the…

Female physicians working in Veterans Affairs emergency departments ordered more diagnostic tests and admitted more patients than male physicians working in the same EDs, according to a study published July 20 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers analyzed EHR data from…

Emergency departments carry the highest suicide-related risk of any non-acute care setting, according to a new analysis from ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices’ Patient Safety Organization. The analysis draws on 406 incident reports submitted by PSO members…