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.
Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes
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.
Arizona hospital accused of dumping patient in park without treatment
A 33-year-old quadriplegic patient was allegedly dumped out of a wheelchair outside of Phoenix-based Valleywise Health’s Maryvale campus without receiving treatment on June 14, Fox 10 Phoenix reported July 27.
