The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating an accident involving an ambulance and a car that left one person dead, ABC affiliate WFTS reported Aug. 9.
Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes
Common virus linked to severe blood clotting disorder
A life-threatening blood clotting disorder may be caused by the common infection adenovirus, according to researchers at Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC School of Medicine.
CHOP receives $1M for food pharmacy
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia received a $1 million gift from the Giant Company to expand its food pharmacy program.
Northwestern surgeons perform rare 'flipped organ' lung transplants
Surgeons at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine have successfully performed double lung transplants on two patients with situs inversus, a rare condition in which patients’ organs in the chest and abdomen organs are in a mirror image of their normal po…
AdventHealth hospital cited for inadequate patient complaints process
AdventHealth in Hendersonville, N.C., received a citation after a behavioral health patient was not allowed to speak to a patient advocate, Citizen Times reported Aug. 9.
Children's Hospital Los Angeles looks to machine learning to improve ventilator outcomes
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles are working to understand how a condition that can be difficult to spot, known as patient-ventilator asynchrony — PVA for short — may affect children who need ventilator support. The research is an area th…
Chicago hospital cited for patient death amid ED staff shortage
In February, a patient died at Loretto Hospital — a safety-net hospital on Chicago’s West side — after no one was around to treat the individual in the emergency department, according to a CMS inspection report.
AAP reaffirms support for youth gender-affirming care, promises research review
The American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirmed its support of gender-related treatments for children while also saying it will systematically review related medical research, according to an Aug. 4 New York Times report.
Patient escapes hospital through shot-out window: Police
A patient escaped a Maryland psychiatric hospital after an accomplice shot out the window and drove them away, police told ABC affiliate WMDE Aug. 2.
CMS to reward hospitals for high-quality, equitable care
CMS will increase payments to hospitals for treating homeless patients and implementing equitable quality measures aimed at reducing preventable harm, the agency said Aug. 1.
