UT Medical Center has expanded its longstanding partnership with the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Nursing by investing in a new facility and additional scholarships for students. Four notes:  1. Over the past five years, the institutions’ collaboration has…

The first human case of a flesh-eating parasite has been detected in the U.S., NBC News reported Aug. 25.  The case involved a Maryland person who had recently traveled to El Salvador. The CDC confirmed they were infected with “New…

In the last four years, Cleveland-based University Hospitals has sought to reduce administrative burden and clinical guidance inconsistencies through an audit of thousands of systemwide policies.  As of July, the system has retired 2,812 policies it described as duplicative, burdensome…

Those of us who work in healthcare know a simple truth: The more often a hospital or surgeon performs a particular procedure, the better the outcomes and the lower the cost. It’s common sense: Volume, practice and experience all matter,…

The infant mortality rate in Mississippi has reached its highest level in more than a decade, prompting state health officials to declare a public health emergency.  The move will enable state health officials to mobilize resources quickly and work with…

HHS plans to decertify union representation in several agencies, which would affect thousands of agency employees, according to the American Federation of Government Employees.  Five local groups with the American Federation of Government Employees and other unions represent these federal…

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics are diverging from the CDC’s vaccine recommendations, which no longer advise routine COVID-19 shots for healthy children and pregnant women. On Aug. 22, ACOG published clinical guidance…

Amid increased federal pressures, more than 20 hospitals and health systems have discontinued transgender care for patients younger than 19. Here’s what to know: 1. Since 2021, 27 states have enacted laws that prohibit access to puberty blockers, hormone therapy…

Increasing access and coverage for healthcare services for all women, with a specific focus on Black women, is crucial to closing racial disparities in maternal outcomes, according to a report from the McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility.  In 2023, the…

Hospitals have long worked to ease nurse shortages, but now face a catch-22: the same career advancement programs designed to support and retain nurses are also contributing to more leaving the bedside. As more experienced nurses retire and younger nurses…