Near-miss patient safety events may be one key to creating safer care, but many go unreported.  Hospitals have sophisticated dashboards to measure patient safety events, but that data is not complete without the near misses, workarounds and bedside observations that…

Home health nursing topped nurse leaders’ plans a year ago, with 71% saying they intended to launch it. Today, 41% say they have such a plan in place, according to Wolters Kluwer’s 2026 nurse leader survey of more than 150…

The share of nurses who use AI multiple times a day at work doubled in a year, from 16% to 32%, according to Wolters Kluwer’s 2026 Future Ready Healthcare survey. The findings, detailed in an Oct. 26 analysis by Bethany…

Nearly 1 in 10 adults hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus infection died in the hospital or within 30 days of discharge, according to preliminary CDC data. Researchers analyzed RSV hospitalization data from the CDC’s Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network, which…

Meet the nursing leaders at the nation’s seven hospitals to earn the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet designation seven times.  The Magnet Recognition Program is the ANCC’s highest honor for nursing excellence. A designation is valid for four years, and…

The most challenging part of building nurse career ladders is ensuring they address individual nurse needs at every point in their career, Cathy Stankiewicz, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer for AdventHealth’s Central Florida Division, said in an upcoming episode of…

Many patient safety initiatives are missing a key component that can mean the difference between long-term change and abandoned projects: executive follow-through. “Patient safety is not an initiative problem in American healthcare,” Kriti Shree, a healthcare performance improvement and transformation…

Hawaii, Florida and Louisiana are reporting the highest percent of influenza-like illnesses. The CDC defines influenza-like illness, or ILI, as a fever of 100 degrees or greater, along with a cough and/or sore throat. The agency collects data on outpatient…

The estimated flu hospitalization rate for the week ending Oct. 17 is the highest for that point in the season since the 2010-11 flu season, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report. Seasonal flu activity remains low nationally, but test…

HHS updated its national plan for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias this week, emphasizing prevention and earlier detection. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the update Oct. 22 at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Four things…