HHS and CMS released updated guidance on informed patient consent at teaching hospitals and medical schools regarding sensitive examinations.
Category: Patient Experience
Inside the farm growing in an AdventHealth parking lot
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.
How 95 top hospitals address diagnostic errors
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.
Nation's 1st double lung-liver transplant performed at Northwestern
Surgeons at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine successfully completed the nation’s first double-lung and liver transplant, the health system said March 28.
Hospitals slow to embrace CPR alternative
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.
New Jersey hospital unveils weight management program for kids
In January, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, N.J., began seeing pediatric patients through a new program to address childhood obesity.
'Double-jointed' people at higher risk for long COVID, study suggests
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.
5 innovations from Weill Cornell Medicine's safety 'hackathon'
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.
Children's prolonged hospital stays linked to 3 factors
Long hospital stays and severe infections in children are linked to a handful of factors, including hospitalization during the rainy season and malnutrition, according to research published March 20 in BMC Infectious Diseases.
World's 1st gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into Mass General patient
Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital successfully completed the world’s first transplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney, the Boston-based system said March 21.
