Hospital

A multifaceted intervention implemented at a U.S. hospital reduced insulin pen waste by 18.3% in inpatient adult areas, according to a presenter at the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists annual meeting.

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and NYU Langone Hospitals tied for No. 1 on U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best Hospitals for pulmonology and lung surgery.

NYU Langone was again the top hospital in the United States for neurology and neurosurgery, according to the latest annual Best Hospitals Survey issued by U.S. News & World Report.

For the seventh consecutive year, Johns Hopkins has been named the best hospital for rheumatology in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.

SAN DIEGO — Patients who used two or more triptans for migraine faced more acute treatment, more emergency-related hospital visits and higher medical costs compared with those who used one, data show.

Noting that practice varies widely across hospitals, an expert panel came to a consensus on the first quality indicators for the care of opioid-exposed infants.

With the recent addition of two pediatric pulmonologists, the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles continues to advance research on this disease, especially for children from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.

HOUSTON — A Staphylococcus aureus screening program paired with genomic sequencing and electronic health data improved a New York hospital’s ability to identify transmissions and patients at high risk, according to a study.

Assessing children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia for certain objective measures of clinical stability could help shorten their stays, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

SHEA Spring is back with a new theme: “The Future is Now: Implementing Change through People, Policy and Technology.”