Spokane, Wash.-based Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center has temporarily paused its heart transplant program due to a staffing shortage. Providence is helping patients transition to other transplant centers, ensuring they retain their accrued time on the donor waitlist. Patients in…

Some hospitals are reporting an uptick in respiratory syncytial virus hospitalizations in recent days, though national data — delayed by the federal shutdown — has yet to offer a clear picture. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital reported an early uptick in admissions…

All inpatient units at Goshen (Ind.) Hospital now operate with a 1-to-4 nurse-to-patient ratio. The move is meant to ensure all bedside nurses have manageable workloads and can provide safe, effective care for patients, the hospital said in a Nov.…

The first phase of ambient clinical documentation was largely defined by one key question: Can the technology meaningfully reduce administrative burden and burnout for physicians?  As pilot programs have played out, health systems have closely tracked changes in time spent…

Healthcare associations are raising concerns after the CDC this week removed messaging from its website stating that vaccines do not cause autism. The agency updated its webpage on vaccines and autism Nov. 19. Previously, the page said research has shown…

Internal medicine represents the largest primary care specialty, with 41.4% of all primary care physicians practicing in the field, according to new data from KFF. In contrast, geriatrics represents just 0.3% of the primary care workforce, underscoring a significant disparity…

A 32-year-old man died Nov. 19 after he was found with a gunshot wound at SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital. District 2 officers within the St. Louis Metro Police Department responded to the hospital just before 7 a.m., a…

New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is rethinking the traditional premed pipeline with alternative admissions routes designed to bring more diverse, practice-ready physicians to the workforce. Icahn School of Medicine aims to reduce rigid premed barriers…

The Department of Education has proposed changing the definition of what constitutes a “professional degree” to exclude nursing — a move that could significantly limit nurses’ access to graduate education, according to the American Nurses Association.  The changes are related…

In 2018, Ballad Health was created through the merger of Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System and Johnson City, Tenn.-based Mountain States Health Alliance, forming a 20-hospital system serving northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. “In our rural area, we had two…