Two years into the pandemic, millions of people are living with long COVID-19, and there is still no proven treatment for the condition, Nature reported Aug. 9.
Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes
Not always mild: What physicians are seeing among monkeypox patients
While the hospitalization and death rate for monkeypox are very low, some physicians are surprised by the severe pain symptoms are causing infected patients.
Viewpoint: Don’t punish the candor of those who report medical errors
The U.S. healthcare system should stop reacting harshly to employees who disclose medical errors, according to a physician at Boston-based Mass General Brigham.
The reporting practice that could lead to unreliable patient safety data
Some hospitals may classify admissions in a way that exempts them from elective-based patient safety indicator scores, or PSIs, leading to less reliable patient safety data, according to a study published in the August issue of The Joint Commission Jou…
Beware of ‘whack-a-mole’ approach to patient safety, expert says
Hospitals and health systems across the country are working to rebuild the foundations for safe care that deteriorated during the pandemic. But what’s sometimes overlooked in that rebuilding is a plan to sustain the safe care achieved, one hospital saf…
70 deaths blamed on US transplant system
A Senate committee found 70 people died and 249 developed diseases between 2008 and 2015 from organs they received in transplants after an investigation revealed deficiencies in the nation’s transplant system, The Washington Post reported Aug. 3.
HHS reports on long COVID-19 relief fall short on planning
Physicians and advocacy groups said two long COVID-19 federal reports released Aug. 3 failed to address immediate needs of patients and recommendations for addressing the crisis, NBC News reported Aug. 3.
COVID-19 rebound can occur without Paxlovid treatment, study suggests
Rebounding COVID-19 symptoms may occur in nearly one-third of people infected with the virus, even if they haven’t taken Paxlovid, early research suggests.
CMS will continue to report patient safety data
CMS will continue reporting data on patient safety indicators including pressure sores, falls and sepsis.
Bullet goes through patient window at Milwaukee hospital; no one injured
A bullet broke through the window of a patient’s room at Milwaukee-based Ascension St. Joseph Hospital, but no one was hurt , the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported July 31.
