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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plan to create a “digital health ecosystem” that includes partnerships with health care organizations and technology companies, including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google and OpenAI.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is releasing grant money to 90 public health departments in its Overdose Data to Action program after halting funding and reportedly considering canceling the $140 million in grants.
Health and Human Services Department Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccines and said he would phase out their development
A report by Cedar Gate Technologies found nearly 57% of mothers did not attend a postpartum follow-up visit three to eight weeks after giving birth.
Entrepreneurial nurse leaders should launch businesses that improve people’s health and welfare, says Susan Foley, PhD, RN, founder and CEO, Intellevita, Sewickley, Pa. Foley, writing in the August issue of Nurse Leader, says by 2040, consumers will be at the center of health models instead of…
A digital social gaming app allowing nurses to share messages of recognition to nurture their sense of belonging could improve workforce retention, engagement and leverage their most valued attributes and skills for care delivery, according to a study.
Well-being initiatives must focus on building systemwide healthy work environments rather than individual resilience to be effective, says AONL member Vicki Good, DNP, RN, chief clinical officer at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.
Cleveland Clinic nursing leadership solicited feedback from staff nurses to improve care escalation after a caregiver engagement survey revealed they did not always feel comfortable escalating care when they recognized patient deterioration.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, Froedtert Menomonee Falls (Wis.) Hospital Clinical Nurse Specialist Shelley Hart, MS, RN, discussed the hospital’s efforts to create an age-friendly health system.
Hospitalized surgical patients had better outcomes in 2024 than in 2019, an American Hospital Association and Vizient report found.