Education helps the LGBTQ+ community access monkeypox vaccines, according to Amy Chacko, chair of the New England HIMSS Clinical Informatics Committee.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is increasing scrutiny and oversight over the country’s poorest-performing nursing facilities. CMS is toughening requirements for completion to the Special Focus Facility Program and increasing enforcement actions for facilities that fail to demonstrate improvement.

In an effort to address the ongoing shortage of nurses in the U.S healthcare system, the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $13 million to bolster nursing education and training to grow the nursing workforce and improve access to nursing education.