Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes

A fire in an intensive care unit room at Tulsa, Okla.-based Hillcrest Medical Center resulted in one patient being injured and six being moved to another unit.

TikTok can be a powerful platform for sharing medical information, and legislators should consider a national approach to preventing privacy issues rather than banning the app, Jason Bae, MD, an urgent care physician in Palo Alto, Calif., wrote in an A…

Five people were taken to the hospital after a Syracuse (N.Y.) Fire Department ambulance crashed into an SUV April 5, informnny.com reported.

The recipient of the world’s first genetically-edited pig kidney was discharged from Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital on April 3, a mere 18 days after undergoing the groundbreaking transplant.

Maintaining infection prevention and control during disinfection and sterilization activities was the most challenging compliance standard for hospitals in 2023, according to The Joint Commission.

Senior managers have the most positive perceptions of their organization’s safety culture, while security workers have the lowest, new data from Press Ganey shows. 

Healthcare workers’ perceptions of safety at their organizations is improving, though a gap still remains between senior leaders and front-line workers, according to an April 2 Press Ganey report.

On April 1, Leapfrog updated its list of 29 diagnostic error practice recommendations after hospital leaders asked for a hierarchy.

Patients’ perception of hospital safety has worsened since the pandemic, according to an April 2 Press Ganey report.

Among 17,290 adults who were hospitalized for pneumonia in Michigan, 1 in 8 were misdiagnosed, according to a new study.