As hospital and health systems enter a new financial disruption era led by rising costs, the rapid adoption of AI and coverage loss, healthcare leaders are bracing for unprecedented changes. Over the next few years, the Congressional Budget Office projects millions of people will be uninsured, with a warning that...
Published on: 2025-11-12
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Becker's Hospital Review
By Madeline Ashley
Pennsylvania healthcare workers are urging local hospital leaders to strengthen their commitment to workforce safety following an attack on an employee at Pittsburgh-based UPMC. Travis Dunn, a patient care technician at UPMC Altoona (Pa.), was attacked Nov. 1 by a patient in the emergency department. He underwent emergency surgery after...
Published on: 2025-11-12
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Becker's Hospital Review
By Kristin Kuchno
Many hospitals and health systems have seen improvements in overall nurse retention post-pandemic. Turnover among early-career nurses, however, is still a major pain point. In 2024, more than 22% of all newly hired registered nurses left their jobs within a year, according to the 2025 NSI National Health Care Retention...
– Results from Save ChildS Pro Registry study Evidence gap: Stroke affects 1.3-1.6 per 100,000 children annually. It necessitates rapid recognition, often through standardised clinical scoring tools such as Face, Arms, Speech, Time (FAST), or the Pediatric NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS), to initiate treatment. RCPCH 2017 Stroke guidelines recommend thrombolysis...
Published on: 2025-11-12
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DONT FORGET THE BUBBLES
By Rebecca Hay
ABEM's new residency pass rate data offers transparency for applicants and employers, but does it truly reflect a program's quality? An EM doc weighs in. The post Why ABEM Publishing Certification Exam Pass Rate Data Could be a Good Thing appeared first on ACEP Now....
Can ESR & CRP reliably rule out acute infectious spinal pathology? A new study explores using these markers to avoid MRI for spinal epidural abscess. The post Is There Any Way Out for Spinal Epidural Abscess? appeared first on ACEP Now....
Published on: 2025-11-07
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ACEP Now
By Ryan Patrick Radecki, MD, MS
Identifying elder abuse in the emergency department is crucial. This article covers specific red flags and injury types, like facial bruising or skull fractures, to look for. The post Patterns of Injury in Elder Abuse appeared first on ACEP Now....
Published on: 2025-11-06
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ACEP Now
By Heather Rozzi, MD, FACEP
Click through to see the result's of ACEP Now's October poll. The post Poll: Emergency Physicians Read Their Own X-Rays More Often Than Not appeared first on ACEP Now....
Published on: 2025-11-06
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ACEP Now
By ACEP Now
Neonates can be daunting for any paediatric trainee when they first start. The NICU is often the first intensive care environment a trainee may have experienced, and problems, physiology and size are just a few things that mark Neonates out from the rest of Paediatrics. Knowing what to hand over...
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Adam Clark Estes of Vox about his new story out titled: "I Covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life."...
Published on: 2025-06-15
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NPR
By Kai McNamee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking....
Published on: 2025-06-15
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NPR
By Rob Stein
Laid off workers were told their notices of an upcoming reduction in force were "revoked." Officials didn't explain why HHS appeared to be restoring hundreds of jobs it previously called duplicative....
Published on: 2025-06-15
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NPR
By Chiara Eisner
Take a big inhale through your nose. Now, exhale. Breathing may seem simple, but it's controlled by a complex brain network. Each inhale gives the human brain information about the external world. And now, a new research paper in the journal Current Biology suggests that humans have unique breathing patterns,...
Published on: 2025-06-15
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NPR
By Regina G. Barber
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all the people serving on a national vaccine advisory board. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Edwin Asturias, one of the doctors who was sacked....
Published on: 2025-06-15
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NPR
By Ayesha Rascoe
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