Editor's Note HHS is seeking public input on how the federal agency can accelerate adoption and use of AI as part of clinical care in the United States, according to a Request for Information (RFI) released on December 19. Through this RFI, stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on how…

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Editor's Note While the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) represents important implications for health care delivery and patient care, AI application in healthcare care has lagged behind other industries such as information services. However, this changed significantly in 2025, according to findings from a new study published November 21 in…

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Editor's Note To help teams develop and grow the confidence to demonstrate compliance with infection prevention practices during survey, focus on building practice-based consistency, an infection control consultant recently advised in an article published in the November/December issue of Healthcare Hygiene Magazine. The expert discussed infection control habits that healthcare…

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Editor's Note Patient safety indicators measured by case mix index and risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality show a return to pre-pandemic improvement trajectories in US hospitals, according to research findings published November 12 in JAMA. These findings come from a retrospective cohort study that looked at encounter-level administrative and financial data from…

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Editor's Note Joint Commission released 14 briefs designed to help accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals translate the accreditation organization’s National Performance Goals (NPGs), into actionable practices, according to a November 12 Joint Commission news story. Joint Commission’s NPG chapter for accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals will become effective…

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Editor's Note Procedures involving pneumatic tourniquets can be associated with an increased the risk of complications and injuries such as postprocedural skin complications. A recent review of evidence-based practices for safety during surgery when using a pneumatic tourniquet published in the November issue of AORN Journal. This article provided an…

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It is no long best practice to deliver education via a traditional lecture with PowerPoint slides or an unimaginative online learning module. “These techniques are boring and not effective,” says Beverly Kirchner, MSN, BSN, RN, CNOR(E), CASC, chief compliance officer for SurgeryDirect, LLC. “Staff just listen or read the information,…

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Editor's Note A Johns Hopkins team is reporting unprecedented success in preventing pancreatic cancer recurrence by combining pre-surgical and intraoperative radiation focused on a key anatomical area near the pancreas, News Medical Life Sciences October 30 reports. Citing a Johns Hopkins Medicine preliminary study, this approach reportedly reduced recurrence around…

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When it comes to treating chronic pain—or pain associated with surgery—clinicians are always looking for alternatives to opioids. “There are zero advantages to chronic opioid use,” says Earl Kilbride, MD, MHA, an orthopedic surgeon at the Austin Orthopedic Institute. While the US makes up about 4.4% of the global population,…

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Editor's Note A Phase III clinical trial comparing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with traditional open-heart surgery found no significant differences in key health outcomes 7 years after treatment, Cedars-Sinai October 27 reports. The international PARTNER 3 trial, led by Raj Makkar, MD, and published in The New England Journal…

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