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Deficiencies led to patient death at California hospital: State probe
Deficiencies at California Medical Center in Los Angeles led to the death of a patient hours after she had a C-section in March, according to a newly released investigation from state regulators. -
MetroHealth rolls out $2.6M initiative to improve autism services
Cleveland-based MetroHealth is launching a three-year, $2.6 million initiative to improve care and support services for children with autism who are transitioning to adulthood. -
Patient safety initiatives kick off across 9 Washington hospitals
Nine hospitals across Washington state have embarked on a focused effort to improve patient safety as part of a campaign led by Washington Hospital Services, according to a July 13 news release. -
Northwestern Medicine has treated 4,000 long COVID-19 patients: Here's what it has learned
Since establishing its Comprehensive COVID-19 Center in May 2020, Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has treated nearly 4,000 patients who have experienced lingering issues after a bout with the virus. Today, the center continues to see high demand for patient appointments. -
California hemorrhages EDs as visits rise: UCSF study
For a decade, California's number of emergency departments dwindled as the state grew in population, leading to longer ED wait times in a state of 39 million people, according to a UCSF study published in JAMA. -
Pennsylvania agency makes reporting newborn injury details voluntary for hospitals
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority has changed course and voted to make reporting on newborn injuries and deaths optional, PennLive reported July 11. -
The tech helping clinicians treat COVID patients faster
Natural language processing is being used to speed up care for COVID-positive patients, according to a study from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. -
Positive correlation found between severe COVID-19, antibiotics
Researchers found that repeated antibiotic exposure might lead to severe COVID-19, according to a study published July 5 in The Lancet. -
Reframing value-based care: Mass General Brigham weighs in
A study by Mass General Brigham suggests a new framework health systems can use to improve care management and advance value-based care. -
Hospitals average a D+ for pediatric emergency care: 3 notes
A recent study found emergency departments are making progress but still falling behind national guidelines for pediatric emergency care. -
Officers shoot, kill armed man at Michigan hospital
A 66-year-old man with a rifle was shot and killed by police officers outside of Trinity Grand Haven (Mich.) Hospital July 9, according to The Detroit News. -
How North Carolina hospitals treated a case of flesh-eating disease
Collaboration between experts at Central Carolina Hospital in Sanford and Duke University Hospital in Durham saved the life of a woman who contracted necrotizing fasciitis — better known as flesh-eating disease — in June, WRAL News reported July 6. -
City may be liable for woman's hospital bill after paramedics take her to wrong hospital
A Colorado woman said paramedics put her life at risk by refusing to take her to her hospital of choice, and the city may be liable for her out-of-network hospital bills, CBS Colorado reported July 5. -
COVID-19 vaccine compliance no longer required: Joint Commission
Effective immediately, The Joint Commission will no longer require hospitals to provide evidence of COVID-19 vaccine compliance, the commission announced July 5. -
San Diego hospital improperly documented patient who died after leaving ICU: State report
While findings by the California Department of Health stopped short of holding a San Diego metro area hospital responsible for failing to detain a patient who died shortly after leaving the facility, the department did file a "statement of deficiencies" report, according to a July 3 San Diego Tribune report. -
UNOS extends deadline for transplant group, preserving 63 hospitals' access to organs
More than 60 research hospitals — including Duke, Stanford and the University of California at San Francisco — could soon lose access to organ screening and quick transportation arrangements for transplants as provider Buckeye Transplant Services is in danger of losing access to data from the United Network for Organ Sharing, the Washington Post reported July 4. -
After ICU discharge, Alzheimer's patients' risk of dying doubles: Study
Older adults with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia are twice as likely to die within a month or during the year following discharge from an intensive care unit compared to patients discharged from the ICU who do not have ADRD, according to a study published July 1 in the American Journal of Critical Care. -
Perinatal care measure will be optional in 2024: Joint Commission
CMS will remove the perinatal care electronic clinical quality measure ePC-05 (exclusive breast milk feeding during the newborn's entire hospitalization) from the Inpatient Quality Reporting Program on Jan. 1, 2024. -
The 5 most challenging requirements for hospitals in 2022: Joint Commission
The Joint Commission identified the most challenging compliance standards — those most frequently listed as "not compliant" in hospitals — in 2022, according to surveys completed from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2022. -
Patients should stop taking new diabetes, weight loss drugs before surgery: New guidance
Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy and other GLP-1 receptor agonists should not be taken before elective surgeries because of a possible risk of vomiting and food entering a patient's airway and lungs, the American Society of Anesthesiologists said June 29.
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