Latest Leapfrog Safety Grades Highlight Top Performing Hospitals
Hospitals are improving their performance in terms of preventing patient harm, according to the Spring 2025 Hospital Safety Grade released last week by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit focused on patient safety.
Child’s Play? AI Offers Unique Benefits to Pediatric Providers
Children’s hospitals have a rich history of embracing innovation, often because the tried-and-true ways of care management for adults don’t necessarily work for kids. Clinicians often have to take new ideas and technology designed for adults and modify them for their own patients.
Exposure-Based Program Sees Strides in Treating Childhood Anxiety and OCD
A recent outcomes report has found strong data on reductions in symptoms of anxiety and depression in young patients. The approach uses a tailored approach to treating children with moderate to severe anxiety and/or OCD using true cognitive behavioral therapy with a focus on exposures.
Virtual Nursing Programs Need to Balance Growth With Value
Jefferson Health launched its virtual nursing program in 2023 and is expanding its strategy to broaden the virtual observation footprint and include inpatient provider consults. They’re also exploring opportunities to integrate other care team connections, such as diabetes educators.
Healthcare System Leverages Tech Innovation to Improve Patient Care
Phoenix Children’s, one of the largest pediatric health systems in the U.S., has developed a culture of building innovative programs that enhance and improve patient safety efforts across the system.
The Exec: Mark Garvin Looks to Steer Banner Health’s Expansion Strategy
As healthcare adapts to a changing landscape and the presence of disruptors, the idea of “traditional” healthcare is being replaced by a network of collaborations and partnerships focused on the consumer’s care journey.
New RPM Project Targets Cardiac Care for Expectant Mothers
The San Francisco-based university and affiliated health system is partnering with digital health company Vivalink in the BRITE-MOM study, which will use wearable ECG monitors to track participants in real time. The study aims to monitor women with congenital heart disease and pre-eclampsia through pregnancy and six months after delivery to identify signs of arrhythmia.
New At-Home Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Test Breaks Down Barriers
A new diagnostic at-home urinalysis kit, set to ease the struggle with patient compliance with prostate cancer screenings, can now be ordered by physicians, is available to patients, and eligible for Medicare reimbursement.
MUSC Builds on Success to Expand Virtual Nursing Across the Hospital
MUSC is seeing growth at a time when many health systems and hospitals are ramping up their virtual nursing programs to meet a rising demand for effective care transformation.
In Rural Mass., Patients and Physicians Weigh Trade-Offs of Concierge Medicine
Critics say concierge medicine helps only patients who have extra money to spend on health care, while shrinking the supply of more traditional primary care practices in a community. It can particularly affect rural communities already experiencing a shortage of primary care options.