Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital — the nation’s largest pediatric hospital — has halted prescribing gender-affirming hormone therapies after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called on state officials to investigate such care as child abuse, The Hous…
Category: Patient Safety & Outcomes
2 new long COVID-19 findings
One recent study has found some symptoms of long COVID-19 may be related to nerve damage, and another identified the proportion of patients who require new healthcare services upon discharge from being hospitalized for COVID-19.
89% of eligible COVID-19 patients who didn’t receive ECMO died at US hospital
Most (89.1 percent) adult COVID-19 patients who were eligible for but didn’t receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation owing to a lack of resources during the peak of the pandemic died in the hospital, even though they were young and had few underlyi…
‘We can’t punish our way to safer medical practices’: 2 experts on criminalization of medical errors
Healthcare workers are burned out and exhausted from juggling pandemic-related stressors and additional burdens linked to workforce shortages for more than two years. These issues pose serious consequences for employees and patients, as numerous studie…
Quality, patient safety measures: 2018 vs. most recent stats
Amid the pandemic, officials have struggled to piece together an accurate picture of patient safety and care quality in the U.S., with healthcare systems overwhelmed and data backlogs prevalent.
Vitamin IV claims all hype, may pose infection risk, experts say
Costly intravenous vitamin cocktails — usually administered through at-home concierge services or in spalike “drip bars” — have gained steam in recent years, but experts say they offer no real benefit to most people, The Washington Post reported Feb. 2…
Pandemic stress may lead to brain inflammation, Harvard research hints
Pandemic-related stress brought on by societal and lifestyle disruptions may lead to brain inflammation — even among those not infected with COVID-19, according to early findings from researchers at Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University.
US maternal deaths rose sharply in 2020, with Black women hit hardest
The number of U.S. women who died during pregnancy or after childbirth increased during 2020, especially among Black and Hispanic women, according to a report released Feb. 23 by the National Center for Health Statistics. Officials attribute the rise i…
Montana psychiatric hospital deficiencies tied to 4 patient deaths; funding hangs in balance
A CMS inspection has tied four patient deaths at Warm Springs-based Montana State Hospital to noncompliance with federal rules, according to a Feb. 23 report by the Helena Independent Record.
Children’s hospitals brace for potential MIS-C surge after omicron: 6 notes
Children’s hospitals nationwide are keeping a close eye on cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, in the wake of the omicron wave, CNN reported Feb. 22.
