A CMS measure aims to limit older adults’ emergency department stays to eight hours, but in 2024, 20% of ED encounters among adults 65 and older exceeded this limit, according to research published June 30.  CMS implemented an Age-Friendly Hospital…

In today’s healthcare landscape, nurse retention is no longer just an HR concern—it’s a strategic imperative. With the average cost of turnover for a single staff RN reaching $61,110 in 2025, and each 1% change in turnover costing hospitals an estimated $289,000 annually,…

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has launched a high school-to-hospital nursing education program. The Nursing Degree in Three program was created in collaboration with Yankton, S.D.-based Mount Marty University and Bishop O’Gorman Catholic High School in Sioux Falls, according to…

California became the 13th state to introduce a bill aimed at improving menopause care and education, NPR reported July 1. In 2023, a need assessment published in the journal Menopause found that under a third of residency programs in OB-GYN…

About 10% of U.S. hospitals are designated as “Magnet” hospitals for nursing excellence, and fewer than 1% have earned the designation more than six times.  The American Nurses Credentialing Center awards Magnet recognition to hospitals based on their quality of…

The Joint Commission is transforming its accreditation process by reducing the number of requirements by 50% — from 1,551 to 774 standards — in its most significant rewrite since Medicare was established in 1965.  The overhaul, first shared with Becker’s,…

The number of students enrolling in most nursing undergraduate and graduate programs has increased, reversing a several-year-long downward trend, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing found. The AACN’s 44th annual survey compiled data from baccalaureate and higher degree nursing…

A recent global survey of healthcare leaders found that 90% foresee an acceleration in digital transformation, as systems lean into virtual care, advanced tools and AI-driven innovations. Ambient and voice-activated technologies are at the forefront of transforming organizations and easing…

On June 26, HSS’ newly formed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 5-2 to recommend Merck’s respiratory syncytial virus monoclonal antibody drug and against an ingredient in some flu vaccines. The RSV drug in question, clesrovimab, is recommended for infants…

Provisions in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would limit the amount of federal student loans medical students can borrow, and critics worry this could worsen physician shortages across rural areas and specialties. But for one chief medical officer, the…