A paper published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control reviewed legislative requirements and human resource requirements for antibiotic stewardship programs.

Fountain Hill, Pa.-based St. Luke's Hospital utilizes a 3D printer to fabricate various body parts for surgeons to use as a training tool, according to WFMZ-TV.

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to crack down on U.S. cities that are considering opening medically-supervised drug injection sites to curb increasing rates of fatal drug overdoses, according to NPR.

Surgeons at Orlando, Fla.-based Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies performed t three in utero spine surgery on infants with spina bifida, according to WMFE.

Diana Howell, a patient at Portland, Ore.-based OHSU Healthcare, was removed from the hospital's heart transplant list after OHSU suspended its heart transplant program for at least two weeks, according to KEZI 9 News.

After Tokyo Medical University admitted to changing medical school admission test scores to disadvantage female applicants, healthcare leaders should know the potential patient safety threat discrimination against female physicians creates, two authors contend in a Harvard Business Review op-ed.

Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a bill Aug. 27, requiring health insurance companies in the state to cover egg, sperm and embryo preservation for patients with cancer and other diseases, according to Chicago Tribune.

In Veterans Affairs hospitals, a recent study found the most frequently reported oncology-related medical errors were directly linked to a lack of care coordination between providers and care locations, according to a post in the Journal of Clinical Pathways.

Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Regional Medical Center treated over two dozen people from an Ohio prison who became ill Aug. 29 after they were exposed to a mixture of heroin and fentanyl, NBC News reports.

After a man was pulled from Lake Michigan Aug. 27, a nurse at Franciscan Health Michigan City (Ind.) resuscitated him, The News-Dispatch reports.