Hospitals and health systems are preparing for a rise in high-risk pregnancies, even as many labor and delivery units shut down.  Vizient company Sg2 projected that the proportion of high-risk pregnancies will accelerate alongside a rise in obesity-related comorbidities, including…

HHS has reinstated the Safer Childhood Vaccines task force, the agency said in an Aug. 14 news release. Here are six things to know: 1. The task force, created by Congress, was originally disbanded in 1998.  2. In its new…

Barbara Wadsworth, DNP, RN, executive vice president and COO of Radnor Township, Pa.-based Main Line Health, never set out to be an entrepreneur — but she recently made her mark in the space. On July 1, the U.S. Patent and…

Researchers across 23 medical centers found a new two-dose treatment that could be as effective as standard treatment for complicated Staphylococcus aureus. The study was led by researchers from Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health, Washington, D.C.-based George Washington University and the…

More than 14,500 complaints were lodged against hospitals in fiscal 2024, a 79% increase in complaints compared to fiscal 2019, according to a CMS report published Aug. 6.  Federal CMS annually assesses each state CMS survey agency on how they…

Texas will become the 13th state to offer an alternative licensure pathway for experienced international physicians this September, The Dallas Morning News reported Aug. 13. House Bill 2038 — called the Doctor Act — will allow foreign-trained medical school graduates…

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has released the country’s first clinical manual for treating infection-associated chronic illnesses, according to an Aug. 13 news release.  The clinical manual covers several infection-associated chronic illnesses, including long COVID, long Lyme disease,…

When surveyed, nurses consistently identified six areas where hospitals could improve equitable patient care quality for disadvantaged patients. The study, conducted between April and June 2021 by Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania and published in JAMA Network Open, used the RN4CAST-NY/IL…

The National Council of State Boards of Nursing found Washington, D.C., has the most licensed nurses per capita, while Utah is the state with the fewest. The organization created a comprehensive course of nursing licensure statistics in the U.S. and…

COVID-19 infections are increasing or likely increasing in 45 states, according to recent CDC estimates based on emergency department visit data. Here are four notes: