The American Academy of Pediatrics updated its influenza guidance for the 2026-27 season, adding detailed recommendations for vaccinating immunocompromised children to align with other professional societies. The update comes as the CDC has not released flu vaccine recommendations for the…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
This year, CMS has implemented eight changes to the HCAHPS survey and scoring. The changes are part of CMS’ HCAHPS 2.0 launch, which began in 2025. Last year, CMS began allowing patients to fill out the HCAHPS survey online; sunset…
HHS has started the decertification process for Network for Hope, the organ procurement organization serving Kentucky and parts of Indiana, Ohio and West Virginia, after federal reviews found ongoing patient safety failures. The decertification effort stems from independent reviews by…
About half of US hospital patients were on an antibiotic in 2023 — essentially flat from 2015 — even as nearly all hospitals now run stewardship programs, a CDC survey found. Among 151 hospitals that took part in both the…
Vermont is the best state to have a baby based on healthcare metrics, according to an Aug. 3 list from personal finance website WalletHub. The ranking was developed by comparing each state and Washington, D.C., by 31 metrics across four…
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CMS will require hospitals to report performance on a patient malnutrition measure starting in 2028 under the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. The agency finalized the measure as part of its fiscal year 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule…
Cancer research groups and industry leaders are trying to raise awareness of a surgery that could reduce patients’ ovarian cancer risk by almost 80% — fallopian tube removal. While evidence of the surgery’s nearly 80% risk reduction was published Feb.…
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…
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…