News and Notes

The Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine (XOCOM) hosted a groundbreaking panel event during the annual ESSENCE Festival of Culture weekend in New Orleans, highlighting the future of medicine and healthcare. On Friday, July 5th, the event took place on the third floor of...

The Joint Commission announces it has achieved renewed deeming authority from the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for its Laboratory and Point-of-Care Testing Accreditation Program, effective May 24, 2024 through May 24, 2030. Six years is the...

A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) describes the outcome of a new approach to testing for Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) guided by the principles of diagnostic stewardship. At Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood,...

Recently, Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) released a report that offers a high-level look at hospital utilization measures. Key metrics were obtained from 50 U.S. children’s hospitals through CHA’s Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS®) database....

Sovato, a company enabling remote surgery and procedures, announced the use of the Sovato Platform in the successful completion of a series of remote robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) procedures in a preclinical technology demonstration. As part of the preclinical tests,...

HD Nursing, a patient safety solution that combines predictive analytics with individualized fall and pressure injury prevention, underscores the critical need for enhanced patient safety measures as emphasized in a recent report from The Joint Commission. The report...