Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has achieved an 81% jump in new-hire nurse retention over the past year, alongside double-digit reductions in registered nurse turnover and resignation rates. The system’s first-year registered nurse turnover for beside nursing units with its virtually integrated…

In 2024, overall overdose deaths fell 27% in the U.S., dropping from 105,007 deaths in 2023 to 79,384 deaths in 2024, according to a Sept. 3 report from The Commonwealth Fund. Provisional data show approximately 70,000 deaths in 2025.  The…

Managing Back-to-School Respiratory Infections In late summer, tens of millions of children throughout the United States return to school, sharing tales of their summer adventures and, inevitably, new germs. Many will develop a cough, sore throat, or runny nose in…

The impact of timely respiratory diagnosis in decentralized care settings As hospitals and health systems across the nation gear up for another potentially unpredictable respiratory season, the importance of timely and accurate diagnosis of respiratory illness once again takes center…

The Lindsay Clancy case has shone a spotlight on maternal mental healthcare. Ms. Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse, pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her three children, The New York Times…

Renton, Wash.-based Providence is leaning into temporary and topic-based leadership roles as a way to improve its operations while giving more physicians an opportunity to contribute. “We really don’t want to limit physician leadership contributions to only those people who…

Medicare’s final valuations were lower than specialty societies’ initial recommendations for 39.9% of physician services examined in a study published Sept. 1 in JAMA Network Open. Here are five things to know:

Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health spent months and significant IT resources putting AI-enabled cameras in patient rooms to prevent falls, but the number of falls on those units did not change at all. “I don’t think that technology is quite there…

The National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center selected 21 healthcare facilities to receive up to $500,000 each to strengthen their capacity to treat patients with high-consequence infectious diseases. The facilities span 16 states and territories and comprise the…

The American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirmed its recommendation that young and high-risk children receive COVID-19 vaccines and expanded the list of high-risk children it advises to receive respiratory syncytial virus immunization for a second season. The recommendations, published Sept. 2,…