Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Boston is conducting an internal review of inpatient deaths in response to allegations of neglect and suboptimal care for patients with mental health disabilities.
Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes
'It'll change the future of pediatric healthcare': How a NASA-inspired hub can improve care at a Missouri hospital
Children’s Mercy Kansas City (Mo.) is the first freestanding pediatric hospital to open a NASA-inspired “mission-control” center that tracks patients from admission to discharge, reduces clinician administrative burden and centralizes hospital operatio…
'F' to 'A': How this Chicago hospital leaped to top safety grade
In past years, leaders at St. Bernard Hospital on Chicago’s South Side weren’t fans of The Leapfrog Group’s safety grades that are handed out twice a year. “F” grades in both spring and fall of 2021 had been stinging reminders that the safety net hospi…
Viewpoint: Send in the clowns to help patients — and physicians
Bedside manner advice for physicians is coming from an unlikely source: hospital clowns. New research from Tel Aviv University in Israel and the Ramat Gan-based Israel Center for Medical Simulation identified 40 skills medical clowns use to bring joy t…
Weight loss drugs can lead to loss of muscle mass
Drugs prescribed for weight loss including Wegovy and Ozempic could lead to loss of muscle mass, CBS News reported May 3.
Vermont drops residency rule for medically assisted death
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill May 2 allowing adults who do not live in the state to access life-ending care.
Physician accuses AHRQ of 'deeply flawed analysis' in patient safety research
Matt Bivens, MD, the EMS medical director at St. Luke’s Hospital in New Bedford, Mass., and a Harvard Medical Faculty-associated physician, criticized an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality study on emergency department errors and accused the ag…
TikTok 'Flamethrower Challenge' sends boy to hospital
A 16-year-old boy in North Carolina has burns covering most of his body and is expected to stay in a hospital’s burn unit for six months after partaking in the “Flamethrower Challenge” on TikTok, according to Fox News and NBC affiliate WRAL News.
How Massachusetts General is improving stroke patients' outcomes
A newly developed unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston was created out of a need to treat patients following a serious neurological event like a stroke even more quickly, according to a May 1 press release.
7 dead in Virginia Mason's ongoing bacterial outbreak
Three more patients who contracted Klebsiella pneumoniae at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center have died, bringing the total to seven patient deaths, the hospital said in an April 28 update.
