The Joint Commission, a healthcare accreditation organization, debuted a Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare certification June 1.  The accreditor developed the certification after convening more than 20 “coalitions and groups with expertise in both healthcare and technology,” according to…

On June 1, Kenyan authorities said they will continue to build a Ebola treatment complex for “everyone” using U.S. funds, Bloomberg reported. The facility will be built on a U.S. base 125 miles from Kenya’s capital. Health Minister Aden Duale…

The American Nurses Association and nine other national nursing organizations sued the Education Department on May 29, challenging the exclusion of advanced nursing degrees from the federal definition of “professional degree” under a final rule that caps graduate and professional…

In a May 29 executive order, President Donald Trump directed the CDC to review and potentially update the U.S. childhood immunization schedule, reflecting HHS’ move earlier this year to pare back vaccine recommendations.  Five things to know:  1. About six…

The operating room has always demanded precision — and now that same precision is being applied to the workforce that makes surgical care possible. Across the country, perioperative leaders are moving away from static, fixed staffing models toward dynamic, data-driven…

About 1 in 6 patients with COVID-19 has developed long COVID and nearly 9 in 10 of those cases involve chronic conditions requiring ongoing clinical management, according to a study published May 27 in JAMA Network Open. A team led…

CMS told Becker’s it is aware of a reported patient death by suicide at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, which in January was placed in immediate jeopardy for the fourth time since 2019.   On…

The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee has voted to recommend updating this fall’s Covid-19 vaccines to target the XFG variant, a fast-spreading omicron hybrid strain nicknamed “stratus.” XFG carries mutations that could help it partially dodge Covid…

A Kenyan court has halted the opening of a U.S. quarantine facility for American citizens in the country after a local rights group warned the arrangement could pose “grave and imminent risks” to public health, The New York Times reported.…

Stockton, Calif.-based University of the Pacific is opening a $150 million medical school. The Pacific School of Medicine will be California’s first MD-granting institution outside of the state’s largest population centers, according to a May 28 university news release. There…