Mari Devereaux

Only a handful of states have lingering mandates requiring the use of masks in hospitals, meaning most healthcare facilities are free to once again make their own rules on PPE.

The numbers of applicants and residency positions are on the rise, though the percentage of filled positions decreased.

The industry’s main patient safety concerns stem from longstanding issues of staffing and pandemic-related stressors.

Nurses at health systems that recently won hard-fought contracts, like at Kaiser Permanente, are working to ensure agreement provisions are enforced. 

Dr. Tiffany Kung, researcher at virtual pulmonary rehab treatment center AnsibleHealth, discusses how ChatGPT could be used in the healthcare industry.

Higher labor expenses and employment growth in certain areas is prompting health systems to reduce expenses and make layoffs where they can.

Learning concepts of patient safety earlier on gives medical professionals an advantage in clinical settings, educators said.
 

CEO Sarah London said the company will lose clients during the redetermination process. It also expect its Medicare Advantage business to grow in 2024.

Technological solutions have helped nursing home and hospice providers streamline workflows and better monitor patients, but they also pose new challenges.

The number of jobs in healthcare has increased steadily over the past three years, though some sectors still struggle to recruit workers, according to new Bureau of Labor statistics data.

With more than 350 languages spoken in the U.S., finding qualified individuals to interpret in healthcare settings is a challenge.
 

Here’s what to know about the federal healthcare policies that will expire when the COVD-19 public health emergency declaration ends in May.

Harvard Medical School, Stanford Medicine and several other schools have withdrawn from the rankings. Will others follow — and will hospitals be next?

The American Health Care Association's long-term care jobs report found that nursing homes have lost 210,000 workers over the course of the pandemic.

About 7% of patient admissions to U.S. hospitals result in preventable adverse events, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.