Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes

A monkey in a clinical trial has survived two years with a genetically modified pig kidney. Now the study’s success is moving the needle toward gaining FDA approval to begin similar clinical trials in humans, CNN reported Oct. 12. 

A study found patients who receive sedation from an anesthesiologist, instead of a physician, are nearly 70% more likely to be discharged home than to a long-term care facility.

A lack of emergency blood transfusions is a national crisis “fueling” preventable deaths, three physicians wrote in a JAMA opinion piece Oct. 12.

Salt Lake City-based University of Utah has cut the ribbon on its new population health clinic, which it hopes will improve patient outcomes, identify unmet care needs and lower the overall cost of care, according to an Oct. 12 news release.

The American Academy of Neurology recently updated the guidelines for determining brain death in adult and pediatric patients.

Falls are the most common sentinel event resulting in harm or death of hospital patients so far in 2023, according to data from The Joint Commission. 

Four in 10 adults with a disability reported experiencing unfair healthcare treatment, an Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report found.

The FDA issued an alert Oct. 10 to healthcare providers about dangers associated with treating psychiatric disorders with ketamine.

In August, a nurse at Main Line Health’s Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pa., mistakenly gave a patient double the prescribed dose of a powerful painkiller. The incident led to state regulators issuing an immediate jeopardy warning, according to …

The Joint Commission issued a quick safety advisory Oct. 9 with best practices for the early identification of severe pressure injuries.