Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital is the first in the nation to have its prehospital blood transfusion program accredited, the New Jersey Monitor reported July 2. It’s accredited by the Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies, an international organization…
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Two people, including a hospital caregiver, have died after a July 2 shooting in the parking garage of Mercy Hospital Springfield (Mo.). Springfield Police Department officers responded to a report of shots fired around 4:50 a.m. in a hospital parking…
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation that restricts the disclosure of abortion-related medical records to out-of-state entities. The Reproductive Health Records Privacy Act, signed June 24, takes effect July 1, 2027. The law requires information related to abortion services…
HCA Healthcare’s St. David’s South Austin (Texas) Medical Center has closed select areas of the hospital, including the kitchen, after discovering what it called “pest activity” during a renovation project. On June 24, the Austin-American Statesman reported receiving an anonymous…
Nearly 9.6 million people, or 4% of U.S. adults, have traveled outside the country for dental care, primarily seeking lower cost dental treatment, according to a new report from the CareQuest Institute for Oral Health. CareQuest released its “State of Oral Health…
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Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital was the highest-performing U.S. healthcare institution on Nature‘s 2026 Research Leaders ranking. Nature used research output data from 178 publications between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2025, to assess organizations’ research quality and institutional performance.…
As health systems move toward mature precision medicine programs, the operational focus is shifting from simple connectivity to workflow sophistication. Most clinical and IT leaders recognize that integrating genomics into the Electronic Health Record (EHR) is essential for efficiency. Recent…
ChristianaCare has expanded weapons screening to include employee entrances at Wilmington (Del.) Hospital following a June 16 shooting at the facility that left one person dead and another injured, Jenn Schwartz, the health system’s incoming president and CEO, said in…
CMS is tightening oversight of accrediting organizations, prompting hospital leaders to examine what the changes could mean for accreditation surveys and survey preparation. On June 12, the agency published a final rule strengthening oversight of the nine accrediting organizations that…
When CMS surveyors determine that a hospital has put patients in “immediate jeopardy,” the deficiency that triggers it is far more often a breakdown in patients’ rights than a clinical error, federal data shows. That is the clearest pattern in…