Care Delivery
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is assisting in a multistate investigation on the use of contaminated non-sterile ultrasound gel for ultrasound-guided percutaneous procedures.
As hospitals and health systems evolve to provide more holistic, person-centered care, many are incorporating screening for patients’ social and economic well-being into routine practice. However, creating effective systems to respond to those identified needs remains a significant challenge.
A new Accenture report, “Gen AI Amplified: Scaling productivity for health care providers,” highlights how generative artificial intelligence (AI) can offer a critical path forward for health care organizations — unlocking unprecedented productivity gains, enhancing patient care and reshaping the…
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed its second successful transplant of a genetically edited pig kidney into a living recipient in January 2025.
More than half of women and nearly one in three men have experienced sexual violence involving physical contact during their lifetime, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Kent Hospital’s Spaulding Rehabilitation teams offer inpatient and outpatient services, caring for patients recovering from sports injuries, stroke, traumatic brain injury, amputations, concussions, Lyme disease, Parkinson’s disease and more.
The National Institutes of Health April 3 released a study that found an artificial intelligence screening tool was as effective as health care providers in identifying hospitalized adults at risk for opioid use disorder and referring them to inpatient addiction specialists.
A team at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital in Connecticut performed a minimally invasive procedure on a 3-day-old baby who had been diagnosed with a lymphatic malformation in utero.
The AHA released an infographic Feb. 13 highlighting the many ways hospitals and health systems advance health and support their communities.
President Trump Feb. 13 signed an executive order establishing the Make America Healthy Again Commission, to be chaired by Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The commission is tasked with “investigating and addressing the root causes of America’s escalating…