# hospital mortality

In September 2025, research and modeling highlighted how ownership and design choices materially shape outcomes, from higher emergency department deaths after private equity hospital acquisitions to widespread dental avoidance among young adults. Discussions also examined structural public health levers such as ending biannual clock changes and evaluated eco-safe innovations like an SPF 30 plant‑pollen sunscreen. The month's findings underscore that incentives and credibility, not rhetoric, drive measurable impacts.