Fewer than 10% of cancer patients undergo hereditary testing, meaning the vast majority of high-risk individuals are never identified within standard clinical workflows. As accreditation programs begin requiring formal risk assessment, health systems face growing pressure to catch these patients…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has canceled more than 100 research grants totaling $131.3 million in lost funding, according to data shared by AcademyHealth. AcademyHealth — a nonprofit focused on health services and policy research — launched a…
The Florida Department of Health issued guidance July 24 recommending that healthcare providers avoid prescribing psychotropic medications to children ages 5-17 for mental health conditions including depression, anxiety and attention-deficit related disorders. The guidance comes as HHS outlined an action plan May 4 to…
A federal program that funded three rural maternal health networks in Minnesota, Missouri and West Virginia improved prenatal and postpartum care access for more than 8,600 women, according to a 2026 report. HRSA’s “Rural Maternity and Obstetrics Management Strategies Program,”…
Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents and young adults in the U.S. — an estimated 8.2 million people — used an AI chatbot for mental health advice in 2025, according to a study published June 1 in JAMA Pediatrics. The findings…
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People are living longer, but most populations are now spending a decade or more of life in poor health, a recent study published in The Lancet Public Health found. “Progress towards healthy ageing should therefore be assessed not only by…
Female physicians working in Veterans Affairs emergency departments ordered more diagnostic tests and admitted more patients than male physicians working in the same EDs, according to a study published July 20 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers analyzed EHR data from…
Emergency departments carry the highest suicide-related risk of any non-acute care setting, according to a new analysis from ECRI and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices’ Patient Safety Organization. The analysis draws on 406 incident reports submitted by PSO members…
Hospitals often cannot see the social inequities harming their sickest newborns because they rarely document key sociodemographic data, according to an American Academy of Pediatrics clinical report published July 20. The report, “Social Inequities in High-Risk Neonatal Care Delivery,” calls…
A study found medically tailored grocery deliveries improved blood sugar control among Medicaid-insured adults with type 2 diabetes, compared with usual care. The findings, from researchers from Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts University’s Food is Medicine Institute and…