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HRSA awards $19 million for maternal health programs
The Health Resources and Services Administration will award nearly $19 million to 15 states to identify and implement maternal health strategies.
Study: Heat stress during pregnancy affects development
Babies are more likely to be born at low birth weight when a pregnant mother’s average daily heat stress rises during the first trimester, according to a study published in the Lancet Planetary Journal.
Prize-winning hospitals co-design care with community
Leaders at Englewood Health in N.J. and New York-Presbyterian Hospital discuss how communities and health systems can collaborate to improve quality of life, and how solutions can target populations with specific health care barriers.
Simulation to help inform health care design
Three studies show different strategies for planning health care spaces
Health system closes health equity gap in blood pressure management
The University of Chicago Medical Center eliminated a health equity gap in blood pressure management between Black and non-Black patients through remote patient monitoring and pharmacy-assisted blood pressure management.
Study: Hiring DNP-prepared NPs results in perceived ROI
Hiring DNP-prepared nurse practitioners should bring a return on investment value for organizations, according to a study published in the October issue of the Journal of Nursing Administration.
Clinical nurse specialist-led QI project reduces infections
A clinical nurse specialist-led quality improvement project at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City significantly reduced central line-associated bloodstream infections in a neonatal intensive care unit.
Senate report scrutinizes Medicare Advantage prior authorization denials for post-acute care services
A report released Oct. 17 by the Senate Homeland Security Committee’s investigative subcommittee scrutinizes some of the nation's largest Medicare Advantage insurers for their use of prior authorization and high rates of denials for certain types of care.
More infection prevention staffers linked to fewer infections
Hospitals with more infection prevention staffers were strongly associated with fewer health care-associated infections, a study in the American Journal of Infection Control found.
Da Vinci robot transforms heart surgery in California
Coronary artery bypass surgery is a major ordeal — open-heart surgery lasting three to six hours, a stay in the hospital that could last up to a week, then six to 12 weeks of recovery. For one patient at Doctors Medical Center (DMC) in Modesto, Calif., coronary artery bypass was much simpler thanks to John deGraft-Johnson, M.D., and the da Vinci robot.