Compared to 2016, nearly twice as many Michigan nurses in 2023 say they know of an instance of a patient dying due to excessively high patient loads, according to polls commissioned by the Michigan Nurses Association.
After discharge, patients who had sepsis faced an elevated risk of rehospitalization for any cause, heart failure and death within 12 years, according to new findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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 recognized 95 hospitals, health systems, ASCs, medical groups, and other healthcare providers that rate in the 95th percentile for patient experience.