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…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
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…
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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…
Two people were shot June 16 inside ChristianaCare’s Wilmington (Del.) Hospital, and one victim has died, Wilmington Police Chief Wilfredo Campos said at an evening press conference streamed on the city’s Facebook page. Police were called to the hospital at…
Calls to U.S. poison centers involving diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in Benadryl and some over-the-counter sleep aids, among teens more than doubled in the first five months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to America’s Poison…
CMS published a final rule June 12 to increase oversight of the nine accrediting organizations that survey more than 9,000 healthcare organizations annually for compliance with federal health and safety requirements. CMS highlighted several areas of concern and potential conflicts…
Among nearly 98,000 older adults needing surgery, some were nearly twice as likely to undergo a delirium screening depending on the hospital where they received care, according to a study published June 10. Hospitals with the American College of Surgeons…