Three Chicago-area powerhouses are teaming up on pediatric care: University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital, Advocate Children's Hospital and NorthShore University HealthSystem.

A study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, compared the efficacy of antimicrobial wipes versus a cloth soaked in a 1,000 ppm chlorine solution for environmental cleaning in healthcare settings.

Powerful antipsychotic medications used in intensive care units, emergency rooms and hospital wards are ineffective at treating delirium, a study covered by NPR found.

Community health workers, or laypeople who support high-risk patients facing social issues, can help reduce hospital stays by 65 percent and double patient satisfaction with primary care, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found.

Hospitals are starting to look to genetic sequencing services to identify pathogens that make patients sick, Wired reports.

CMS on Oct. 23 introduced the Maternal Opioid Misuse model, which seeks to provide better care coordination for pregnant and postpartum Medicaid members with opioid use disorder.

Some hospitals in Charleston, S.C., recorded as many as 30 more births in October after a rare snowstorm closed businesses in January, according to The Post and Courier.

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health developed 16 physician-led clinical councils this year to help improve care quality and reduce costs.

After the Missouri legislature created a category of physician licensure to curb primary care physician shortages in rural areas, researchers are concerned these assistant physicians' low first-time pass rates on licensing exams could lead to worse clinical outcomes, JAMA reports.

More than 350,000 people suffer from cardiac arrest each year outside the hospital setting, according to the American Heart Association. Only 46 percent of these victims receive help from bystanders before paramedics arrive, despite a simple procedure — CPR —…