A recent survey from IT company Accenture found that more patients are switching healthcare providers than in previous years, and it identified four attributes patients look for in a provider.
Category: Patient Experience
Patients' retention of care info remains poor, but here's what they say could help improve it
Roughly half of patients are able to correctly remember post-discharge treatment plans and diagnosis details, even though 90 percent of patients say they feel confident in their knowledge of this upon discharge, a study published by The Joint Commissio…
Intermountain performs record number of successful organ transplants for 4th year straight
Physicians at Intermountain Health successfully performed 300 organ transplants for patients last year alone, the Salt Lake City-based system said Jan. 31. In total there were 159 kidney transplants, 104 liver transplants, 29 heart transplants and eigh…
45% of women forgo preventive care: 7 notes
A recent poll found 45 percent of women forgo preventive care services such as check-ups, screenings and vaccines.
Texas Children's Hospital named leader of pediatric organ transplants for 6th year
For the sixth consecutive year, Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston has been named as the nation’s leading hospital in pediatric organ transplants.
'Difficult patient' flag leads to treatment disparities, researchers say
Behavioral flags in electronic health records are designed to to help prevent violence against clinicians, but the flags might also prevent some patients from receiving full care, according to a recent study.
5 staff treated after fire at UPMC hospital
A fire occurred in a hospital room at UPMC East Jan. 29 after a “patient may have attempted to light a cigarette while on oxygen,” a hospital spokesperson told Becker’s Jan. 30.
Press Ganey recognizes top healthcare organizations for patient experience
Press Ganey recognized 95 hospitals, health systems, ASCs, medical groups, and other healthcare providers that rate in the 95th percentile for patient experience.
OR fire prompted 'immediate jeopardy' warning at OHSU
A patient incurred minor injuries at Portland, Ore.-based OHSU Hospital after a fire broke out in an operating room in Demember, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s in a Jan. 26 statement. The incident prompted a CMS investigation and a corrective pla…
Texas hospital completes 11-hour 'historic' surgery to separate conjoined twins
A team of 25 medical professionals at Fort Worth, Texas-based Cook Children’s Medical Center performed the hospital’s first separation procedure for conjoined twin sisters on Jan. 23. The 11-hour surgery required months of planning and several simulati…
