Over the past several weeks, The Joint Commission has unveiled a new measure of quality hospitals will need to meet in order to earn accreditation and shared more details about a new effort to support hospitals with quality improvement and…

Hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission will soon have access to a new optional support model designed to strengthen performance between surveys, the organization said Oct. 29. Three things to know: 1. The optional “Continuous Engagement” model will launch Jan.…

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, the nation’s largest health system with 190 hospitals, improved stroke cause identification by 33% through a pilot program at 10 of its stroke centers. HCA launched the Getting to the Heart of Stroke initiative in collaboration…

A new federal policy requiring employers to pay a $100,000 fee to sponsor highly skilled workers from other countries could disproportionately affect the nation’s poorest areas when it comes to healthcare access, according to an analysis published Oct. 29 in…

California officials are investigating a potential local spread of clade I mpox, a strain more severe than clade II, which has circulated at low levels across the U.S. since 2022.  The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has identified…

During an Oct. 28 earnings call, UnitedHealth Group executives said the company has overrelied on its network of more than 90,000 affiliated and employed physicians and plans to switch to a direct employment model.  UnitedHealth Group’s care services division, Optum…

Mercy Health has suspended mammography services at its hospitals in Tiffin and Perrysburg — both in Ohio — after accreditors found issues with the quality of images during a review at the facilities. The American College of Radiology, which accredits…

HHS has terminated a senior advisor who criticized widely used mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, an official with the agency confirmed to Becker’s Oct. 27. Steve Hatfill served as senior adviser at the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, or ASPR, a…

Generative AI is steadily weaving its way into every corner of healthcare, influencing clinical decision-making, streamlining administrative work, and redefining how future physicians are trained. Residency education, in particular, is at a pivotal moment as programs explore how to integrate…

Cook County Health, one of the nation’s largest public health systems, and UI Health, the academic health enterprise of the University of Illinois Chicago, have expanded their collaborative partnership into medical education, clinical care and research. The institutions announced the…