Category: Patient Experience

Over 14 years, there was a 76% increase in emergency department visits related to hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, an Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan study found. 

A physician at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital successfully performed the first ovarian transplant procedure in New England, for a patient whose ovary was removed and preserved 18 years earlier. 

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is set to open its first adult sickle cell clinic Oct. 9 in the city. 

ChatGPT is more likely to overprescribe medications and imaging and is less effective than a resident in emergency department care, a University of California San Francisco study found.

Three crew members died after a medical helicopter crashed in Kentucky, ABC affiliate WLKY reported Oct. 7.

Approximately 80% of emergency departments were found to be underprepared for treating pediatric patients, according to a study published Oct. 7 in Health Affairs.

Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health has opened the Renown Transplant Institute, Northern Nevada’s first kidney transplant program.

The National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety launched in September 2024, representing a major step in the federal government’s renewed commitment to improving patient safety and workforce well-being industrywide.

Among 9,147 hospitalized patients who received general medical care, an estimated 653 experienced a harmful diagnostic error, according to research published in BMJ.

Providence said it is taking action after the California attorney general filed a lawsuit against one of its hospitals that allegedly denied a woman an emergency abortion.