In 2025, New Mexico confirmed 100 measles cases across nine of its 33 counties, and each case cost an average $53,522, according to research published Aug. 4 in Annals of Internal Medicine.  Researchers with the CDC and New Mexico Department…

Vermont is the best state to have a baby based on healthcare metrics, according to an Aug. 3 list from personal finance website WalletHub. The ranking was developed by comparing each state and Washington, D.C., by 31 metrics across four…

Level 4 trauma centers must provide 24/7 emergency physician coverage under new standards promulgated by the American College of Surgeons. The American College of Emergency Physicians wants this requirement for all hospitals, not just level 4 trauma centers.  The American…

CMS will require hospitals to report performance on a patient malnutrition measure starting in 2028 under the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. The agency finalized the measure as part of its fiscal year 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule…

The American Nurses Association recognized patient blood management nursing as a nursing specialty. The June 17 announcement means that PBM nursing is an officially recognized specialty with a scope and standards document defining practice, according to a Society for the…

St. Louis-based Ascension is using three strategies to turn advanced nursing education into long-term retention. Nurses enrolled in school or who held graduate degrees were more likely to leave their roles, according to a recent study — a paradox that…

Michigan health officials said Aug. 3 the state’s cyclosporiasis outbreak has tallied 11,234 cases, 193 hospitalizations and two deaths, as of July 30.  The two individuals who died “had significant underlying health conditions that may have been impacted by cyclosporiasis…

Ascension has identified four critical factors in mid-career nurse burnout that are often overlooked. Mid-career nurses, defined as those with five to 15 years of experience, are now the most burned-out group, a finding that comes as no surprise to…

Physicians on RVU-based compensation plans often have no way of knowing whether the rate they are being paid is fair, and according to one gastroenterologist, that is often by design. The structural disconnect of wRVUs is well documented. Provider productivity,…

The shift toward ambulatory surgery is no longer a trend on the horizon — it is actively reshaping how perioperative leaders think about capacity, staffing, physician alignment and where growth comes from. As CMS and commercial payers continue to push…