In past years, leaders at St. Bernard Hospital on Chicago's South Side weren't fans of The Leapfrog Group's safety grades that are handed out twice a year. "F" grades in both spring and fall of 2021 had been stinging reminders…
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Bedside manner advice for physicians is coming from an unlikely source: hospital clowns. New research from Tel Aviv University in Israel and the Ramat Gan-based Israel Center for Medical Simulation identified 40 skills medical clowns use to bring joy to…
Drugs prescribed for weight loss including Wegovy and Ozempic could lead to loss of muscle mass, CBS News reported May 3.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill May 2 allowing adults who do not live in the state to access life-ending care.
Matt Bivens, MD, the EMS medical director at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford, Mass., and a Harvard Medical Faculty-associated physician, criticized an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality study on emergency department errors and accused the agency of fearmongering…
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This episode features Dr. Kevin Carney, Associate Chief Medical Officer at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Here, he discusses his background in quality & process improvement, the significance of utilizing technology to help close care gaps, how he is preparing for the…
A 16-year-old boy in North Carolina has burns covering most of his body and is expected to stay in a hospital's burn unit for six months after partaking in the "Flamethrower Challenge" on TikTok, according to Fox News and NBC…
A newly developed unit at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston was created out of a need to treat patients following a serious neurological event like a stroke even more quickly, according to a May 1 press release.
Three more patients who contracted Klebsiella pneumoniae at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center have died, bringing the total to seven patient deaths, the hospital said in an April 28 update.
Amid rapidly increasing gun violence across the U.S., the American College of Physicians issued a statement saying it is time for physicians to prioritize having conversations about gun violence and safety with patients.