RWJBarnabas Health, a 14-hospital system based in West Orange, N.J., said Oct. 9 it is widening its community health worker program across its enterprise. The program launched in 2023 to improve health outcomes while reducing barriers to care and hospital…
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For Dai Chung, MD, chief medical executive at Children’s Health, clinical excellence derives from following what he calls the hospital’s North Star — “putting patients first.” And the results could not be more clear: Children’s Medical Center Dallas, the flagship…
By early December, Florida’s health department could revoke several vaccine requirements for school children. The state’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, said Sept. 3 the Florida Department of Health plans to scrap all vaccine mandates. The department said mandates…
The federal government has directed the United Network for Organ Sharing to pause some of its oversight work amid the government shutdown. As the primary contractor for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, UNOS manages the nation’s donation and transplant…
CDC and Florida Health Department researchers found seven risk factors that can lead to clinical Candida auris cases. The study, published Oct. 2 in Clinical Infectious Diseases, analyzed patients in Florida healthcare facilities that had C. auris infections after prior…
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On Oct. 6, the CDC revised its immunization schedule guidance on vaccines for COVID-19 and measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (chickenpox). Breaking with past guidance that recommended all individuals 6 months and older receive COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC now recommends…
Surgeons at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta performed the world’s youngest domino liver transplant. Domino liver transplants involve one patient with a metabolic disease receiving a donor liver while their native liver is transplanted into another patient with end-stage liver disease,…
The number of nursing home patients a physician or nurse practitioner sees does not significantly affect patient outcome measures, such as readmissions and emergency department visits, a Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania study found. The study, published Aug. 15 in JAMA…
The Joint Commission will introduce a new initiative in 2026 aimed at spotlighting high-performing accredited hospitals and encouraging peer-to-peer learning. Called the Survey Analysis for Evaluating Strengths, or SAFEST, the initiative will focus on identifying and documenting strong performance areas…
Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System has paused mammography services at its Women’s Pavilion for the second time in a year, CBS affiliate KOAM reported Oct. 1. The American College of Radiology initially suspended mammography services at the system’s Women’s Pavilion,…