Every week, the emergency department at Loma Linda (Calif.) University Medical Center sees a patient who experienced a serious complication from cosmetic surgery that was performed by a physician with no background in the specialty, according to a Marc…
CMS has approved HCA Mission Hospital’s plan of correction to address a violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act regulators uncovered at the Asheville, N.C., hospital during a visit last November.
HHS and CMS released updated guidance on informed patient consent at teaching hospitals and medical schools regarding sensitive examinations.
Patients and staff at AdventHealth Celebration (Fla.) enjoy farm-fresh produce everyday at the hospital’s cafe and physician lounge. It all comes from a farm operating right on campus, but you probably won’t spot it by simply walking around.
For each of the 29 recommended practices to reduce diagnostic errors, Leapfrog found at least 60% of leading hospitals are working on enforcing the practice. But full compliance is low.
Surgeons at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine successfully completed the nation’s first double-lung and liver transplant, the health system said March 28.
A new method to resuscitate cardiac arrest patients often proves more effective than CPR, but various implementation hurdles have prevented many hospitals from using it, according to a March 27 article in The New York Times Magazine.
In January, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J., began seeing pediatric patients through a new program to address childhood obesity.
Patients who are “double-jointed” may be at higher risk for developing long COVID, according to a study published March 19 in BMJ Public Health.
Five student groups were awarded prizes for innovations they developed to address safety issues in healthcare as part of the 2024 Health Hackathon hosted by New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine.
