A coalition of Texas health systems, professional organizations and community groups has launched a five-year plan to eliminate cervical cancer in the state. The Texas Lone Star Cervical Cancer Elimination Plan 2027-2032 was developed by the Cancer Alliance of Texas…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Hospitals’ use of two high-yield practices for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections, commonly known as CAUTIs, has stalled or slipped since 2017, according to research published Oct. 6 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers at the VA Ann Arbor (Mich.) Healthcare…
Fusion-guided biopsy transformed how clinicians diagnose prostate cancer, giving radiologists and urologists a precise, shared map of suspicious lesions instead of a blind search pattern. Now, image guidance is expanding beyond biopsy into treatment planning and targeted intervention — a…
After serving a quarter century as a hospitalist and hospital C-suite leader, Kevin Neese, MD, has taken an entrepreneurial path to help fill what he sees as an important need. “Hospitals are excellent at the things that they were built…
Heart failure contributed to 452,573 U.S. deaths in 2023, a new peak, and the disease is increasingly affecting younger adults, a new Heart Failure Society of America report found. The “HF Stats 2026: An Updated Report on Heart Failure Epidemiology…
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The Joint Commission launched a new, voluntary program to recognize healthcare organizations’ food and nutrition services Sept. 30. The Commitment to Healthy and Enticing Food, or CHEF, program is open to all Joint Commission-accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals, behavioral healthcare…
The infant mortality gap between Black and white babies in the U.S. increased between 2020 and 2024, with sudden unexpected infant death identified as the largest single contributor to the disparity, according to a study published Sept. 22 in JAMA…
The death rate tied to three common, treatable emergency surgical conditions increased about 50% between 1999 and 2020, according to an abstract being presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2026 in Washington, D.C., Sept. 26-29. Researchers at…
Operating rooms are managing more complex cases, more vendor trays and growing regulatory demands amid persistent workforce pressures. In that environment, relying on careful clinicians and manual processes alone leaves preventable gaps in surgical safety. During a featured session sponsored…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health has been given an up to $11.2 million, five-year HHS contract to develop a platform to test and validate new technologies designed to improve ICU patient outcomes. The federal program is called CIRCLE — the Critical…