Nurse/patient ratios in hospital maternity departments are oftentimes inconsistent with national nurse staffing standards, especially in departments that care for high-risk patients, according to a new study in Nursing Outlook.

Kathryn Kuttler, Darren Mann and Dr. Peter Haug of Intermountain Healthcare preview their HIMSS23 presentation about the ways a low-code framework built on FHIR benefits real-time decision support in the ER.

University of Michigan Health has identified that many members of its healthcare workforce are experiencing high levels of burnout, mirroring trends that are occurring among clinicians and healthcare staff around the country. This, said U-M Health, threatens workforce stability and the clinical mission.

Christopher Girardo, LSU Health Shreveport and Ochsner Health fellow, clinical informatics/PRN staff, pathology, previews his HIMSS23 dive into health IT’s part in combating sepsis.         

MITRE’s executive director of global health security and biotechnology, Monique Mansoura, will lead a talk at HIMSS23 about responding to new health threats with help from real-world data.  

In a bid to put protections in place for Medicare Advantage, the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is finalizing a rule it said would strengthen MA and hold health insurance companies to higher standards.

The Department of Justice has appealed a decision by a Texas court to block preventive care covered under the Affordable Care Act for HIV, reproductive health and other interventions. The appeal was filed on March 31 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.  WHY THIS MATTERS

Positioned as a framework for society and the federal government to collaborate on ending cancer, the Department of Health and Human Services released a National Cancer Plan this week, developed by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI).