Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes

The national organization behind the annual hospital safety grade rankings Leapfrog Group, is praising the new patient safety recommendations published Sept. 7 by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Researchers from Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital discovered that the exercise-induced hormone, irisin, lowers levels of a main component in the plaques found in individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.

A federal patient safety coordinator should be appointed to advise the president on ways to improve safety at hospitals nationwide — that’s one of the initiatives the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology recommended in a Sept. 7 re…

A federal patient safety coordinator should be appointed to advise the president on ways to improve safety at hospitals nationwide — that’s one of the initiatives the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology recommended in a Sept. 7 re…

Physicians prescribe more unnecessary antibiotics during colder months than warmer seasons, according to a study published Sept. 5 in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology. 

Police in Washington, D.C., are searching for a man charged with murder who escaped custody at George Washington University Hospital, according to The Washington Post.

Police in Washington, D.C., are searching for a man charged with murder who escaped custody at George Washington University Hospital, according to The Washington Post.

The victim in a possible murder-suicide at a Mississippi hospital has died, NBC affiliate WLBT reported Sept. 6.

A patient at Oregon State Hospital in Salem, who was awaiting felony charges and escaped his restraints, was apprehended Sept. 1, NBC affiliate KGW reported. 

Police are investigating a possible murder-suicide attempt at Jackson, Miss.-based Baptist Memorial Hospital, ABC affiliate WAPT reported Sep. 5.