Although people age 65 and older make up just 16 percent of the U.S. population, they make up about 40 percent of hospitalized adults — and hospitals should focus more on designing their facilities with elderly patients in mind, a physician wrote in a…

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine cut hospital readmissions by one-quarter in the first year of a new type of contract with health insurer Independence Blue Cross, according to Philly.com.

Baylor University's Louise Herrington School of Nursing in Dallas bases its training on a simple motto: two heads are better than one. The nursing school implemented a "buddy system" in 2017, which entails students working together as one nurse in…

Pierre Rollin, MD, an Ebola expert with the CDC, said first responders are making little progress in containing the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak, according to NPR.

Pennsylvania hospitals demonstrated a significant decrease in mortality rates for nine conditions between 2012-17, according to a state report cited by the Times Leader.

Researchers discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which an insect-derived antibiotic kills Gram-negative bacteria, which could aid in the creation of new antibiotics, according to a study published in Science Advances.

Bullying, harassment and other unprofessional behaviors in the hospital workspace can jeopardize patient safety, two authors wrote in The Conversation.

As gun violence increasingly enters the work lives of physicians and nurses, researchers are investigating how exposure to trauma patients affects providers and how providers can get mental healthcare when needed, according to NPR.

Federal investigators found a nurse and a nurse's aide asleep during their shifts at the Brockton (Mass.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center nursing home, according to The Boston Globe.

Prominent health systems in Ohio are prohibiting staff physicians from prescribing medical marijuana, according to cleveland.com.