Guidelines & Recommendations With cyclosporiasis cases on the rise, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) stated this week that it has “received reports of 1,645 confirmed domestic cases of cyclosporiasis and is aware of more than 5,100 cases that require further analysis to confirm the illness as domestically acquired cyclosporiasis.” The…
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has released a new evidence-based guideline to “help perioperative teams evaluate, integrate, and safely use emerging and existing AI technologies in surgical care.” The new AORN Guideline for Integration of Artificial Intelligence provides recommendations for how healthcare organizations and perioperative teams can “evaluate,…
Leaders of the “Five Eyes” cybersecurity agencies from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States have united to issue a “call to action” that “the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming cyber risk, and we must act swiftly to remain ahead.” The agencies…
The American Heart Association has issued a scientific statement in its journal Circulation on the topic of perioperative anemia and patient blood management in cardiac surgery. Calling perioperative anemia and red blood cell transfusions important risk factors for morbidity and mortality in cardiac surgery, it notes that up to 50%…
In the wake of updated colorectal cancer screening (CRC) guidelines released by the American Cancer Society (ACS) late last month that address blood-based and at-home testing for the first time, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has issued a statement that highlights “key considerations as CRC screening options continue to expand.”…
The Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group, “a platform for collaboration among healthcare industry leaders and the government for more than a decade to address the most pressing security and resiliency challenges to the healthcare sector,” has published its Health Industry AI Cybersecurity Governance Framework Implementation Guide. HSCC…
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in collaboration with the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre and “other international and U.S. partners,” has released guidance for organizations on adopting agentic artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The guidance, titled “Careful Adoption of Agentic AI Services,” outlines “key security challenges…
The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) has published a clinical guideline that presents a comprehensive approach to perioperative risk assessment and management in patients with cirrhosis – a population that it says presents “unique surgical risks.” The guideline emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to preoperative evaluation, perioperative care, and postoperative follow-up.…
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has released what it calls the first national framework that outlines measurable workplace standards for surgeons with the publication of “Developing Specialty-Specific Workplace Standards for Surgeons: A Framework to Support Sustainable Surgical Careers” in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. ACS states…
A free clinical report published in Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) examines the role that pediatricians should play in evaluating and preparing patients and families for anesthesia and surgery. It focuses on two major areas of concern. The first is preparation and optimization of the…
