Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes

The leading causes of death by age

Transport accidents are the leading cause of death for most children while opioids and major cardiovascular disease are the most common leading cause of death for adults, according to a report from USA Facts, a nonprofit organization that conducts data…

Why healthcare should ditch life span measures for this instead: Viewpoint

The next national health goal should focus on health span, not life span, Dave Chokshi, MD, a physician at Bellevue Hospital and a professor at the City University of New York, both based in New York City, wrote in an opinion piece published Sept. 28 i…

Cleveland Clinic studies new method for ranking lung transplants

Experts at Cleveland Clinic are hoping to rework the scoring equation that ranks patients awaiting lung transplants and improve overall outcomes.

COVID-19-related sepsis more common than once thought: Mass General Brigham study

During the first two and half years of the pandemic, the COVID-19 virus accounted for 1 in 6 sepsis cases across Mass General Brigham hospitals, according to new research. 

Adverse events increase for 2nd year in Minnesota hospitals

The number of reportable adverse health events in Minnesota hospitals in 2022 increased by more than 12 percent from the year prior, according to data released Sept. 27 by the state’s Department of Health. 

Oklahoma hospitals cleared in patient-dumping investigation

A CMS investigation found Oklahoma State University Medical Center and Hillcrest Medical Center, both based in Tulsa, did not violate anti-patient-dumping laws, The Frontier reported Sept. 27.

26% of Americans have 1 of these 3 conditions: Study

A recent study found 26.3 percent of American adults have at least one cardiac, renal or metabolic condition, and 1.5 percent have all three.

Patient advocates worry 'Dr. Death' law is taking too long to implement

After Texas lawmakers passed a bill in June to close its longstanding “Dr. Death” loophole, some are worried it is too cumbersome to implement, NBC affiliate KXAN reported Sept. 21. 

Patient dead, EMTs in critical condition after ambulance crash

Two EMTs are in critical condition and a patient is dead after a Jeep crashed into an ambulance in Huntsburg, Ohio, News 5 Cleveland reported Sept. 26.

Patient pulls roommate's eyes out at Florida psych hospital: Police

A patient accused of attacking and permanently blinding his roommate at South Florida State Hospital has been charged with aggravated battery, the Pembroke Pines Police Department said Sept. 24.