Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes

A study found children were 50% more likely to be diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes six months after having a COVID-19 infection, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 14.

The American Physiological Society and online library Wiley will relaunch the journal Comprehensive Physiology with a new focus on interorgan communication.

A new postpartum, at-home blood pressure monitoring program at M Health Fairview reduced postpartum readmissions due to hypertension by 69%.

Three nurses at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center were seriously injured Oct. 11 after being struck by the driver of a vehicle who dropped off a gunshot victim outside the hospital’s emergency department. 

Over 14 years, there was a 76% increase in emergency department visits related to hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, an Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan study found. 

A physician at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital successfully performed the first ovarian transplant procedure in New England, for a patient whose ovary was removed and preserved 18 years earlier. 

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is set to open its first adult sickle cell clinic Oct. 9 in the city. 

ChatGPT is more likely to overprescribe medications and imaging and is less effective than a resident in emergency department care, a University of California San Francisco study found.

Three crew members died after a medical helicopter crashed in Kentucky, ABC affiliate WLKY reported Oct. 7.

Approximately 80% of emergency departments were found to be underprepared for treating pediatric patients, according to a study published Oct. 7 in Health Affairs.