Recent reports on healthcare-associated infections and hospital performance might give the impression that hospitals have “taken their foot off the gas” on patient safety. “This couldn’t be further from the truth,” the American Hospital Association’s s…
Mental health care and addiction treatment were identified as the two most pressing healthcare needs for rural populations, new research shows. Access and quality of care in rural regions ranked third.
Every 7 seconds a woman or newborn dies from health complications, according to a new report from the World Health Organization.
The death of a 73-year-old man in 2022 is just one of two major incidents that prompted a federal investigation into the University of Kansas Health System, according to a May 2 report from NBC affiliate KSHB.
Thirty-six percent of patients with long COVID-19 conditions reported experiencing cognitive deficits after 30 days, according to new research published May 5 in JAMA.
Amid a swirling discussion about COVID-19 vaccines and the risk of myocarditis or pericarditis, Yale researchers found the heart conditions could be tied to a person’s immune system rather than a COVID-19 shot.
Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Boston is conducting an internal review of inpatient deaths in response to allegations of neglect and suboptimal care for patients with mental health disabilities.
Children’s Mercy Kansas City (Mo.) is the first freestanding pediatric hospital to open a NASA-inspired “mission-control” center that tracks patients from admission to discharge, reduces clinician administrative burden and centralizes hospital operatio…
In past years, leaders at St. Bernard Hospital on Chicago’s South Side weren’t fans of The Leapfrog Group’s safety grades that are handed out twice a year. “F” grades in both spring and fall of 2021 had been stinging reminders that the safety net hospi…
Bedside manner advice for physicians is coming from an unlikely source: hospital clowns. New research from Tel Aviv University in Israel and the Ramat Gan-based Israel Center for Medical Simulation identified 40 skills medical clowns use to bring joy t…
