Category: Patient Experience

Calls grow for patient safety board, but industry influence may stand in the way

Patient safety advocates are urging for the creation of a “National Patient Safety Board” for the healthcare industry to better learn from and prevent medical errors, but they fear current proposals would not give such a board sufficient oversight, acc…

Vanderbilt's patient outcome tool reaches millionth report generation

A tool designed to collect pre-appointment health outcome information from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center patients has just reached its millionth report after launching in 2019.

Why #medicalgaslighting is trending on TikTok

Patients are turning to social media and using the hashtag #medicalgaslighting to express their discontent over lackluster healthcare interactions that leave them feeling unheard, Fox News reported June 1. 

Rare brain abscesses spiked in kids last winter, CDC finds

Rare brain abscesses in children sharply increased last winter amid a surge in respiratory infections, a June 2 CDC report shows.

How Dartmouth Health handles violence toward staff

Last year, workplace violence was the fifth most common cause of workplace injury at Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health, and nurses were the most affected group.

Death in gene-editing study from virus used in delivery, not CRISPR: Researchers

After an unexpected fatality in a gene-editing study for an investigative Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapy, researchers attributed the death to a virus used in delivering the drug instead of CRISPR, according to a preprint published May 30 in MedRxi…

3 wounded in shooting at Temple University Hospital: Police

Three people were shot outside Philadelphia-based Temple University Hospital’s emergency room June 1, ABC affiliate WPVI reported.

Weekend admissions tied to higher mortality: new study

A new analysis of more than 121 million hospital discharges found a slightly higher inpatient death rate among patients who were admitted on the weekend versus weekdays. The findings were published in the June edition of the American Journal of Medicin…

Kidney transplants from COVID-positive donors are safe: Study

Kidney transplant recipients did not have worsened outcomes after receiving an organ from a COVID-19 positive donor, a study published May 30 in JAMA has found. 

Kidney transplants from COVID-positive donors are safe: Study

Kidney transplant recipients did not have worsened outcomes after receiving an organ from a COVID-19 positive donor, a study published May 30 in JAMA has found.