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The declining number of available pediatric beds, coupled with a workforce shortage in skilled nursing and a skyrocketing mental health crisis among children and adolescents, are limiting pediatric care access.
The expanded availability of opioid use disorder-related telehealth services and medications during the pandemic was linked to a reduced likelihood of fatal drug overdoses among Medicare beneficiaries, a study found.
Patient-safety education programs can improve the patient-safety culture of health care professionals, but repeated trainings may be needed to sustain the interventions, a study found.
Social frailty ─ defined by a lack of close relationships, less involvement in community groups or religious organizations and living in a less safe neighborhood ─ is garnering attention as a factor linked to poor health outcomes later in life.
A digital health tool will enable non-English speakers to describe their pain symptoms to emergency department care providers, with the goal of improving their health outcomes.
To address clinician well-being, the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville started the Center for Healthy Minds and Practice.
The American Hospital Association invites organizations to apply for the 2024 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service.
Florida ─ facing a shortage of 59,100 nurses by 2035 ─ allocated $125 million in pipeline programs and efforts to attract and retain nurse faculty.
The percentage of nurses with a baccalaureate degree in nursing rose to 59% by 2020 ─ up from 49% in 2008, according to maps released by the Campaign for Action.
Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut has prioritized nurse innovation, leading one clinical nurse to develop a monitoring, scheduling and tracking system for patients with remote cardiac monitoring devices.