Disability Rights Rhode Island is alleging patient abuse at Cranston, R.I.-based Eleanor Slater Hospital after a video showed 12 correctional officers conducting a contraband search and stepping over a patient, according to a Feb. 19 report by USA Today.
Becker’s has compiled a list of the best hospitals for patient experience in Maine using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS.
Patients’ resistance to being weighed at medical appointments has clinicians split, with some welcoming the opportunity to engage with patients and others insisting weight is a necessary data point that needs to be consistently recorded, The Washington…
Becker’s has compiled a list of the best hospitals for patient experience in Maryland using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS.
People who had COVID-19 were 39 percent more likely to be diagnosed with depression in the months after their infection compared to those without COVID-19, according to a study of nearly 154,000 COVID-19 patients at the Veterans Health Administration.&…
Becker’s has compiled a list of the best hospitals for patient experience in Massachusetts using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS.
In 2021, a record-setting number of organ transplants were performed in the U.S., with more than 40,000 transplants performed annually for the first time in the nation’s history, according to preliminary data from the United Network for Organ Sharing.&…
Becker’s has compiled a list of the best hospitals for patient experience in Louisiana using the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores from CMS.
A U.S. woman of mixed race has become the third person in the world believed to be cured of HIV, scientists said Feb. 15, according to The New York Times.
Infants born to mothers vaccinated for COVID-19 while pregnant were less likely to be hospitalized for the virus within the first six months of life, a new CDC study found. A separate report found vaccination lowers the risk of becoming a COVID-19 long…
