Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes

A new study involving more than 428,000 COVID-19 patients found the infection is tied to a sixfold increase in heart disease diagnoses in the weeks after infection, compared to those without COVID-19. 

The Joint Commission has issued a sentinel event alert to prevent diagnostic overshadowing, released guidance on using packaged sterile supplies and opened applications for an annual safety award over the last few weeks. 

The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum have started accepting applications for the  2022 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards, the organizations said July 19. 

Fully vaccinated patients who undergo surgery soon after COVID-19 don’t have an elevated risk of post-surgery complications compared to surgery patients with no COVID-19 history, according to a study published July 15 in Annals of Surgery. 

COVID-19 reinfections are becoming more common in the U.S., but they are not happening more quickly, according to data from Helix, a lab that works with the CDC on viral surveillance. 

Fertility patients are beginning to move their frozen embryos to states that protect abortion access out of fears that the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will leave them without choices, The 19th reported July 14.

A man died after shooting himself in the head at South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City on July 12, according to the Tampa Bay Times. 

The Joint Commission issued new safety guidance for palliative care to seriously ill patients visiting the emergency department. 

Rates of in-hospital adverse events fell significantly in the 10 years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a federal study published July 12 in JAMA.

The American Hospital Association has selected Cleveland-based University Hospitals as the 2022 recipient of its Quest for Quality Prize, which recognizes leadership efforts and innovation to improve quality and advance health in communities.