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66 US hospitals with 'meritorious' surgical outcomes: American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons has recognized 78 hospitals worldwide for achieving "meritorious outcomes" for adult inpatient and outpatient surgical care in 2021. -
Hospital where nurse called 911 faces accreditation delay
Silverdale, Wash.-based St. Michael Medical Center, where a nurse called emergency services in response to staffing issues, is in the process of ensuring full accreditation after The Joint Commission issued a "preliminary denial of accreditation" in September. -
Life stressors up long COVID-19 risk, study suggests
Major life stressors such as financial or food insecurity, death of a loved one or new disability are strong predictors of whether hospitalized COVID-19 patients will develop long COVID-19, according to findings published Nov. 5 in Journal of the Neurological Sciences. -
Maine psych hospital cited over patient death
Health officials cited Westbrook, Maine-based Spring Harbor Hospital for failing to ensure a safe environment after a patient death occurred at the psychiatric hospital in June, Bangor Daily News reported Nov. 9. -
Why are some COVID-19 patients slow to wake after ventilation? Turtles' brains may offer clues
Physicians began to notice a strange phenomenon at the start of the pandemic in March 2020: Some COVID-19 patients who required ventilation took weeks to fully regain consciousness after being taken off the machines and anesthesia, with no signs of brain damage when they recovered. -
Monument Health awarded 2022 ECRI Safety Excellence Award
Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health received the 2022 "Safety Excellence Award" from nonprofit patient safety organization ECRI. -
For the first time, researchers infuse lab-grown blood into humans
In a medical first, researchers in the U.K. have transfused lab-grown blood into two people as part of a clinical trial, CNBC reported Nov. 7. -
A man in the UK had COVID-19 for 411 days. Genetic sequencing provided a cure.
British researchers were able to cure a man who had chronic COVID-19 for more than 411 days, The Washington Post reported Nov. 4. -
Paxlovid cuts long COVID-19 risk, early VA findings show
People who take the antiviral Paxlovid within the first few days of a COVID-19 infection may have a 25 percent lower risk of developing a number of conditions associated with long COVID-19, according to findings published Nov. 5 in the preprint server medRxiv. -
Patients hospitalwide more likely to die when ED is overcrowded: study
Emergency department crowding affects death rates hospitalwide, according to a recent study from University Park, Pa.-based Penn State and the University of California San Francisco. -
Florida medical board bans gender-affirming care for minors
The Florida Board of Medicine on Nov. 4 passed a new rule that bars physicians from offering minors in the state puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgeries as treatment for gender dysphoria, according to The New York Times. -
Physicians threaten legal action over Texas' delayed maternal health report
A national group of maternal health physicians is threatening legal action against the Texas Department of State Health if officials do not release a state report about pregnancy-related deaths. -
COVID-19 disrupts gut bacteria, increasing risk of infections
Researchers at NYU Langone Health in New York City found COVID-19 alone, and not the initial use of antibiotics, damages the gut microbiome. -
COVID-19 presents unique challenges for caregivers, study finds
COVID-19 presents unique challenges for caregivers not present in other patients including in managing infection, engaging support services and patient independence, a study done by researchers at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan found. -
Florida medical board pursues ban on gender-affirming care for minors
The Florida Board of Medicine on Oct. 28 voted to start drafting a rule that would ban gender-affirming care for minors in the state, making it the first medical board in the U.S. to pursue such action, NBC News reported Oct. 29. -
10 practices to address diagnostic errors: Joint Commission
Researchers have developed a list of 10 high-priority safety practices to help healthcare organizations address diagnostic errors, based on a comprehensive literature review and input from additional experts. -
Monkeypox tied to severe outcomes in HIV patients: CDC
A majority of patients hospitalized with monkeypox in the U.S. had weakened immune systems, often from HIV, an Oct. 26 CDC report found. -
Cleveland Clinic launches global quality improvement program
Cleveland Clinic is aiming to improve the quality of care delivered globally through a new program, the health system said Oct. 26. -
Ivermectin doesn't accelerate COVID-19 recovery, study suggests
A study of more than 1,500 adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 infections found ivermectin did not significantly shorten illness duration when compared to a placebo. -
7% of children hospitalized with COVID-19 have neurologic complications, large study finds
A new study involving more than 15,000 children hospitalized with COVID-19 found 7 percent experienced neurologic complications, such as seizures.
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