In the everyday chaos of a busy hospital, it can become easy to find work-around solutions that push standards to the side in favor of getting the job done faster. But at what cost?
Category: Patient Experience
Cedars-Sinai team performs rare triple organ transplant
Earlier this year, a team of clinicians at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai successfully performed a triple organ transplant on a patient with a rare inflammatory disease called sarcoidosis.
This cell-based therapy could help reverse infertility
Researchers at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital found a technique that shows promise in restoring fertility to ovaries that have stopped working.
Explosion risk spurs Johns Hopkins All Children's to evacuate, temporarily close
Tampa, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpatient Care Center is temporarily closed as the local fire department investigates the air quality after facing a potential explosion risk from 30, 100-pound lithium-ion batteries.
Study links readmissions to discharge process: 6 takeaways
Patients who have had vascular surgeries are often readmitted to the hospital for a variety of reasons — often preventable — more often than patients who undergo different types of surgeries. These readmissions could be largely avoided if other aspects…
Children's Hospital Colorado halts transgender surgeries on young adults
Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora has stopped performing gender-affirming surgeries on patients over the age of 18 and removed references to such care from its website, The Denver Post reported July 18.
Detroit VA hospital delayed revoking surgery chief's privileges: Report
Following allegations of threats to patient safety and a lack of quality care from the former chief of surgery at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, the VA Office of Inspector General published findings July 18 from its recent inspection…
Texas Children's physicians complete 17-hour surgery to separate conjoined twins
Physicians at Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital successfully completed a 17-hour surgical procedure to separate conjoined twin brothers, according to a July 17 news release.
'Healthcare is not investment banking': At Cleveland Clinic, patient experience is everyone's job
All members of the Cleveland Clinic team are referred to as “caregivers,” because every employee should be focused on patients regardless of their position. In fact, part of every person’s job is to help deliver the highest quality care and provide the…
San Diego hospital sees rise in children with cannabis poisoning
The lone pediatric hospital in San Diego County, Rady Children’s Hospital, has seen an increase of youth admissions due to cannabis poisoning, according to a July 16 report from the San Diego Union Tribune. But, according to a new report from the CDC, …
