Category: Patient Experience

Nebraska hospitals with a 5-star patient experience rating

Becker’s has compiled a list of the best hospitals for patient experience in Nebraska using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS.

North Dakota hospitals with a 5-star patient experience rating

Becker’s has compiled a list of the best hospitals for patient experience in North Dakota using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS.

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. 

North Carolina hospitals with a 5-star patient experience rating

Becker’s has compiled a list of the best hospitals for patient experience in North Carolina using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS.

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.

The Montana hospital with a 5-star patient experience rating

Becker’s has compiled a list of the best hospitals for patient experience in Montana using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS.

One more pandemic change  —  need for more personal space 

Conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic may have temporarily altered the neural mechanism monitoring and dictating personal space boundaries, The Wall Street Journal reported Feb. 27.

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…