In 2024, over 45,000 transplants were performed, and every 10 minutes, a patient was added to the transplant waiting list, according to a recent Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients report. “The OPTN/SRTR Annual Data…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine has performed the first known quadruple-organ transplant involving retransplanted lungs in the U.S., the health system said in a July 14 news release. The recipient, 36-year-old Elizabeth Wehrle of Montezuma, Iowa, needed a rare four-organ transplant for…
Inland Empire Health Plan and Riverside (Calif.) University Health System partnered on a childhood lead poisoning prevention effort, boosting Riverside County’s childhood lead screenings by 11% in 2025. The collaboration resulted from Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set measures indicating…
Dubai Health and Chicago-based Rush University System for Health entered a strategic collaboration July 10 to advance care, patient safety and clinical education across both academic health systems. The collaboration covers clinical programs and care models, quality and patient safety,…
Men were more likely than women to receive a late-stage diagnosis for 16 cancer sites between 2015 and 2022, according to a study published July 1 in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Researchers from the National Cancer Institute analyzed 2,401,772…
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Worldwide, about one in five people will develop cancer during their lifetime, according to a report published July 8 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians. Led by researchers at the American Cancer Society and the World Health Organization’s International…
Cardiologists and endocrinologists review wearable technology data the most often among specialties, according to a new American Medical Association survey. The “2026 AMA Multi-Country Study on Consumer Wearable Data in Clinical Practice” surveyed 2,222 physicians surveyed from January through early…
Lung transplant can extend survival in some patients with stage 4 lung cancer, according to a study published July 8 in JAMA. Researchers and physicians from Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine analyzed data from 404 adult patients with end-stage pulmonary disease, including…
Uninsured patients hospitalized for gunshot wounds in Florida are discharged significantly faster than patients with coverage, according to a recent analysis of state hospital billing data. KFF Health News and The Trace, a news outlet focused on gun violence, reviewed…
Hospitals have faced a rise in swatting calls over the last decade, and some states, like Wisconsin, have seen a string of swatting calls in the last week. “Swatting” involves a person making a false report to emergency services or…