A few citations from CMS-approved accrediting organizations have grown sharply in prevalence, while a long list of others has faded.  For decades, accreditors have surveyed and cited hospitals for deficiencies in care and operations. Over the last eight years, one…

As health systems move toward mature precision medicine programs, the operational focus is shifting from simple connectivity to workflow sophistication. Most clinical and IT leaders recognize that integrating genomics into the Electronic Health Record (EHR) is essential for efficiency. Recent…

An FDA advisory panel has recommended approval of Moderna’s mRNA-based flu vaccine, mFlusiva, for adults ages 50-64, and adults 65 and older if a specific condition is met. The vaccine was about 27% more effective than a standard flu shot…

Healthcare leaders have sophisticated calculations to determine the cost of nurse turnover, but there is no model to estimate the societal cost of a nurse leaving the profession, Judy Davidson, DNP, RN, a nurse scientist and associate professor at Columbus-based…

The 42-day federal quarantine for 18 Americans held at Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center’s National Quarantine Unit ended June 22, with no confirmed U.S. hantavirus cases linked to the MV Hondius outbreak, The New York Times reported. Here is…

ChristianaCare has expanded weapons screening to include employee entrances at Wilmington (Del.) Hospital following a June 16 shooting at the facility that left one person dead and another injured, Jenn Schwartz, the health system’s incoming president and CEO, said in…

The current Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak is three times larger than any previous Ebola outbreak four weeks after being declared a public health emergency, Africa CDC epidemiologist Wessam Mankoula, MD, said in a briefing. The largest Ebola outbreak in history, which…

CMS is tightening oversight of accrediting organizations, prompting hospital leaders to examine what the changes could mean for accreditation surveys and survey preparation. On June 12, the agency published a final rule strengthening oversight of the nine accrediting organizations that…

The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda has increased 38% in a single week and claimed more than 200 lives in its first month, the worst known outbreak at this stage with up to 35,000 suspected potential contacts, The…

As physicians are leaving clinical practice at younger ages than before, health systems are adjusting their retention strategies through new call schedules, redefining full-time positions and more specialty hospitalist models.  Research published May 7 in The Permanente Journal found the…