Category: Patient Experience

Richard Slayman, the first person in the world to receive a genetically-edited pig kidney transplant, has died. He underwent the transplant procedure March 16 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. 

Surveyors with the New York State Department of Health issued an immediate jeopardy notice regarding the open-heart surgery program at Wynn Hospital in Utica, N.Y., hours before the hospital announced it was pausing the procedures on May 8. 

In January, Neuralink implanted its brain-computer device into a human for the first time. In the weeks following the surgery, a number of threads on the implant retracted from the patient’s brain, the company said May 8. 

A study led by researchers at Boston-based Harvard Medical School found newly trained physicians with high board certification exam scores led to lower risk of patient deaths and hospital readmissions.

While preventable harm in hospital settings has been a widely discussed issue for decades, new research suggests that adverse events are relatively common in outpatient settings, marking a critical opportunity to improve safety. 

While preventable harm in hospital settings has been a widely discussed issue for decades, new research suggests that adverse events are relatively common in outpatient settings, marking a critical opportunity to improve safety. 

University of Pittsburgh researchers may have found a way to repurpose a cancer drug to treat diabetes.

Farming began as a hobby for KimberLee Mudge, MD, a breast surgeon at UPMC Memorial in York, Pa., and it has now turned into an initiative designed to improve the health of people throughout Central Pennsylvania.