The American Hospital Association presented three awards during its 2026 Leadership Summit. Sky Lakes Medical Center in Klamath Falls, Ore., received the 2026 Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 2,231 measles cases for the year on July 10th, bringing the nation to 58 cases short of last year’s total of 2,289 infections and making the U.S. on track to lose its measles elimination status.
Administrators and policymakers should update infection prevention control staffing guidance to better account for team-based practices used in large health systems, according to an American Journal of Infection Control study.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, Heidi Bray, DNP, RN, a nurse practitioner and hospitalist at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Wash., discusses how hospitals can improve opioid use disorder treatment through stronger discharge planning, medication for opioid use disorder and…
The Health Resources and Services Administration will make new funding available to healthcare providers in rural areas through the Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Program.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a Health Alert Network advisory on the increasing number of cyclosporiasis cases. It received reports of 1,645 confirmed U.S. cases across 34 states and knows of more than 5,100 cases requiring further analysis.
Nurse practitioners at Ascension Saint Thomas West Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. developed a care model prioritizing rapid assessment and treatment of patients admitted to the intensive care unit from the emergency department, decreasing the time in half for them to receive specialized care.
Health systems and academic institutions should implement systemic reforms to support nurse clinician-scientists who balance active bedside practice, research and lived experiences, says University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professor Kathryn Connell, PhD, RN. Connell, who holds additional research…
Nursing leaders should address workplace violence with a multifaceted, comprehensive plan, says WellSpan Health Senior Vice President and CNE Patty Donley, DNP, RN.
In a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, AONL and 61 other Nursing Community Coalition members reiterated their fiscal year 2027 appropriations request of at least $610 million for Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development Programs and $210 million for the National Institute of…