In 1999, the Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America released a pivotal report titled, “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” in an effort to break the silence...
For many years, the only pediatric liver transplant program in Florida was in Miami. At AdventHealth for Children, we knew the need for this lifesaving care was growing and wanted to ease the burden...
From a rapidly growing population in need of our services to a shrinking workforce under increased stress, health care systems across the nation face access challenges that will impact our work for...
Children’s mental health has been declining for more than a decade and was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the supply of pediatric mental health care providers has struggled to keep...
Several cancers can cause peritoneal carcinomatosis, including peritoneal mesothelioma and primary peritoneal cancer as well as secondary cancers that have metastasized from the...
In the U.S., Black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy-related cause than white women, and their breast cancer mortality rate is 40% higher.
Sadly, these startling statistics...
Avertix’s Guardian™ System, the first and only implantable device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in patients who have had prior acute coronary syndrome (ACS) events...
Karen Corbin, PhD, RD shares her experience teaching other scientist how to effectively communicate their findings to health care professionals.
Melisa Wilson, DNP, APRN, ACNP, BC, shares how Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) often goes undiagnosed because of nonspecific nature of its symptoms. She explains how to recognize...
With obesity a major health concern, impacting more than 40% of American adults, the effect of the gut microbiome on weight regulation has emerged as an important topic of scientific research. However...