Quality patient outcomes cannot happen without safety as a foundation, Karla Miller, MD, Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s chief patient safety officer, wrote in a March 13 blog post. The hospital operator, like many others, emphasizes patient sa…
A refreshed federal report shows the healthcare industry’s efforts to improve care quality is lagging, with only 44 percent of quality measures improving over the past two decades.
More than 80 percent of nurses admit that their workload makes it difficult to implement patient safety measures, new research has found.
Rutland (Vt.) Regional Medical Center started a new safety program for newborn babies involving taking pictures of their feet, CBS affiliate WCAX reported March 13.
Close to 25 percent of patients admitted to hospitals may experience an adverse event that could lead to complications with their condition, medication mishaps or even death, according to data from Harvard Medical School in Boston, but technology may b…
After historic declines of the virus, cases of the highly infectious strain of group A Streptococcus spiked in the fall of 2022, drawing concern from experts. Now, the CDC says the flu vaccine may reduce the risk for strep A.
The omicron variant is less likely to cause long COVID-19 compared to the coronavirus’s original strain, according to a Swiss study of 1,201 healthcare workers.
The Defense Department is funding animal research to study whether radio frequency waves could cause symptoms consistent with “Havana syndrome,” a mysterious illness that has afflicted hundreds of U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers, Politico repo…
Four people are alive after a medical transport helicopter on its way to an Erlanger Health System location crashed on a road in North Carolina on March 9.
Just weeks ago, Santa Clara Valley Healthcare in San Jose, Calif., was at risk of losing Medicare reimbursements due to patient safety concerns. Now, after an investigation by the California Department of Public Health, the health system is reportedly …
