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Childhood respiratory infections increases adults' mortality risk: Study
U.K. researchers found adults who had a lower respiratory tract infection before age 2 are at higher risk of dying prematurely from respiratory disease. -
Staffing ratio changes at Confluence Health hurt care quality, nurses say
The Washington State Nurses Association says that staffing changes made by Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health in December 2022 "lowered the quality of care" for patients. -
Tampa General opens burn center, ICU
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital opened a newly renovated burn center that includes a specialized intensive care unit on March 6. -
North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) Produces Award-Winning Anesthesia Risk Alerts Program, an Effective Safety Intervention for High-Risk Patients
Seeking to reduce the incidence of critical events in high-risk patients, the NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute (NAPSI)—NAPA’s certified Patient Safety Organization (PSO)—conducted a systemwide review of NAPA’s adverse events data. NAPA maintains one of the nation’s largest anesthesia clinical outcomes databases, comprising data from more than 2 million patients each year served by NAPA’s nearly 5,000 clinicians. As one of roughly 100 PSOs federally certified by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, NAPSI is approved to use clinical outcomes data for analysis and performance improvement activities. -
Wildfires threaten California's inpatient capacity: Study
More than half of California's inpatient beds are located within less than a mile of high fire danger areas, a new study revealed. -
HCA Florida Northwest Hospital using 1st-of-its-kind robotics in hysterectomies
HCA Florida Northwest Hospital in Margate announced Feb. 23 that it is the first in Broward County to offer robotic technology for minimally invasive hysterectomies. -
Wisconsin man drowns after fleeing hospital
A Wisconsin man drowned after fleeing the hospital, NewsBreak reported March 1. -
42 systems strive for quicker adoption of evidence-based care
Forty-two health systems are aiming to accelerate the healthcare industry's adoption of evidence-based clinical research through a $50M initiative backed by The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. -
'Havana syndrome' not caused by foreign adversary, feds say
A new U.S. intelligence report has determined that "Havana syndrome," a mysterious illness first identified in 2016, was not caused by the actions of a foreign adversary, The Washington Post reported March 1. -
Mississippi bans gender-affirming care for minors
As at least nine other states plan to restrict access to gender-affirming care for transgender minors, Mississippi's governor on Feb. 28 signed a bill into law to penalize physicians who perform gender-affirming surgeries or write prescriptions for puberty blockers or hormones to a minor. -
How Keck Medicine is doubling down on care quality
Building a strong foundation for safe and equitable care is no easy task, especially amid pandemic-related disruptions and workforce shortages. But Keck Medicine of USC is clearly doing something right — Keck Hospital of USC is a seven-time Leapfrog "A" safety grade awardee, and USC Norris Cancer Hospital was recently named one of Leapfrog's top teaching hospitals for the second consecutive year. -
UCLA nurses plan protest over unsafe patient conditions
Unsafe placement of patients, double use of rooms and emergency room hallways crowded with patient beds are among the complaints cited by University of California Los Angeles nurses who are set to protest the conditions March 1. -
Paxlovid rebound rate is 14%, study finds
The risk of a Paxlovid rebound may be higher than previously reported, according to a study published Feb. 22 in Clinical Infectious Diseases, an Oxford University Press journal. -
New York hospital fires nurse who roughly handled newborn
Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, N.Y., has fired a nurse who appears to have roughly handled a newborn baby on a video filmed by the child's father, according to a report from News12 New Jersey. -
Penn Medicine hospital cited over wrong-site surgery
Pennsylvania health officials have cited Lancaster (Pa.) General Hospital for several safety issues in recent months, including a wrong-site surgery, Penn Live reported Feb. 23. -
5th person cured of HIV, researchers say
Another person has been cured of HIV, according to findings published Feb. 20 in Nature. -
How 4 chief medical officers are navigating challenges while prioritizing care
Navigating nationwide staffing shortages while maintaining quality of care are just two of the many mounting challenges chief medical officers face, and seek to overcome, right now. -
Kansas senators question VA hospital over kickback allegations
Medtronic representatives are being accused of unethically persuading physicians to use its devices in procedures even when not medically necessary — something that research shows can be harmful to patients. -
Omicron is 1.5 times more deadly than flu inside hospitals, study finds
SARS-CoV-2 omicron infections are more likely to result in death than the flu inside hospitals, a study in Switzerland found. -
HCA Healthcare surgical recovery program sees decrease in length of stay, readmission rates
A surgical recovery program implemented by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has so far shown a reduction in length of hospital stays by two days and a 44 percent decrease in opioid usage.
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