Comanche County Memorial Hospital in Lawton, Okla., is one of the latest hospitals in the nation to adopt TeamBirth — a care model that 94% of clinicians say improves patient outcomes.
Category: Patient Experience
How AdventHealth makes safety grade success a 'clinical imperative'
At AdventHealth, The Leapfrog Group’s hospital safety grades aren’t just another nice-to-have recognition or rating — it’s a core part of the clinical agenda, which is reflected in 32 of the health system’s 42 eligible hospitals receiving an “A” grade …
NYU Langone completes world's 1st whole eye transplant
New York City-based NYU Langone physicians successfully completed the world’s first whole eye transplant for a survivor of a 7,200-volt electrical accident.
5 states where patient experience measures declined most: Leapfrog
Patient experience measures declined across five categories for the second year in a row, according to The Leapfrog Group’s fall safety grades report which evaluates more than 3,000 hospitals nationwide.
Patient experience measures decline, but there's a 'bright spot'
Patient experience scores across the U.S. worsened for the second year in a row, though contributing factors may be improving, according to data from The Leapfrog Group’s fall safety grades.
In a 1st, Northwestern team uses breast implants in double lung transplant
Earlier this year, a team at Northwestern Medicine used breast implants to save the life of a 34-year-old man in need of a double lung transplant.
Arizona man accused of stealing ambulance with patient, firefighters inside
An Arizona man was arrested after allegedly stealing an ambulance with four firefighters and a patient inside, Telemundo Arizona reported Nov. 6.
AdventHealth hospitals honored for 'patient falls bootcamp'
Two AdventHealth hospitals have been recognized for a “patient falls bootcamp” effort that cut incidents by 33%, with some units improving as much as 50% from last year.
The value of the second opinion
Earlier this year, researchers published results from the first study to quantify the burden of misdiagnoses in the U.S., which found nearly 800,000 people are permanently disabled or die from diagnostic errors.
Half of long COVID-19 patients don't improve after 1.5 years
More than 50% of patients experiencing long COVID-19 did not improve after 18 months, according to new study findings that included more than 800 patients.
