The longer an elderly patient’s emergency department stay is, the more likely they are to develop incident delirium, according to new research from the University of California, Davis.
Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes
Transplants from organ donors who drowned linked to mold infections, higher death rates
Patients who receive organ transplants from donors who died by drowning have higher death rates due to the risk of acquiring invasive mold infections from the donor’s exposure to environmental molds.
M Health Fairview adopts patient hand off tool to improve safety
Minneapolis-based M Health Fairview is implementing a tool from I-PASS Patient Safety Institute to reduce communication breakdowns during patient handoffs.
M Health Fairview adopts patient hand off tool to improve safety
Minneapolis-based M Health Fairview is implementing a tool from I-PASS Patient Safety Institute to reduce communication breakdowns during patient handoffs.
Calls grow for patient safety board, but industry influence may stand in the way
Patient safety advocates are urging for the creation of a “National Patient Safety Board” for the healthcare industry to better learn from and prevent medical errors, but they fear current proposals would not give such a board sufficient oversight, acc…
Vanderbilt's patient outcome tool reaches millionth report generation
A tool designed to collect pre-appointment health outcome information from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center patients has just reached its millionth report after launching in 2019.
Rare brain abscesses spiked in kids last winter, CDC finds
Rare brain abscesses in children sharply increased last winter amid a surge in respiratory infections, a June 2 CDC report shows.
How Dartmouth Health handles violence toward staff
Last year, workplace violence was the fifth most common cause of workplace injury at Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health, and nurses were the most affected group.
Death in gene-editing study from virus used in delivery, not CRISPR: Researchers
After an unexpected fatality in a gene-editing study for an investigative Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapy, researchers attributed the death to a virus used in delivering the drug instead of CRISPR, according to a preprint published May 30 in MedRxi…
3 wounded in shooting at Temple University Hospital: Police
Three people were shot outside Philadelphia-based Temple University Hospital’s emergency room June 1, ABC affiliate WPVI reported.
