Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based HCA Healthcare’s Los Robles Health System has created a tool that acts as a “smoke detector for sepsis,” according to an Aug. 26 news release shared with Becker’s. The algorithmic tool, Sepsis Prediction and Optimization of Therapy,…

UNC Health has created an obstetrics and gynecology fellowship program to improve access to high quality maternal care and improve outcomes for patients in rural North Carolina. It is the nation’s first fellowship training program focused on rural women’s health,…

A higher body mass index in older adults is associated with lower 30-day mortality rates after major elective surgery, according to research published Aug. 26 in JAMA.  A BMI above 25 has been linked to worse postoperative outcomes in the…

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…