News and Notes

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced VA hospitals outperform or match neighboring non-VA hospitals in surgical quality and overall patient safety satisfaction. The finding comes from a study conducted by VA and university researchers that was...

Mayo Clinic again has been named the nation’s best hospital in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Hospitals” rankings. This marks Mayo Clinic’s fifth year with the No. 1 ranking in the nation, along with Mayo Clinic being ranked...

In a brief statement, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex M. Azar II has renewed a public health emergency in regards to COVID-19 for the second time since January 27, 2020. “As a result of the continued consequences of Coronavirus Disease 2019...

New from Encompass Group, The Comfort Care™ underpad comforts hospital and senior living residents by helping to protect their skin. Encompass Group,LLC has launched the next-generation of its market-leading incontinence pad designed to help protect the skin of...

COVID-19 could potentially lead to 30 million cancelled or postponed surgeries worldwide in 2020[1]. Clearing the backlog will be a worldwide priority that is estimated to take a full year – even if hospitals increase their daily number of surgeries performed by 20%....

Due to the high infection rate associated with reusable duodenoscopes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been putting pressure on duodenoscope manufacturers to change their designs, and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has been...