Patient Safety & Outcomes

St. Louis-based Mercy is using an algorithm to search electronic health records and identify patients with high blood sugars levels and help them navigate a path to improved health. 

Cancer remains the second leading cause of death in the U.S. with more than 1.9 million new cancer diagnoses and 600,000 deaths expected this year. 

Texas Children's Hospital will stop offering hormone therapy and other transgender care, according to the Houston Chronicle and ABC affiliate KTRK. 

New data from the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority found that infant injuries and deaths nearly doubled in 2022, according to a May 25 report from PennLive.

A new study from researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego found a biological mechanism that may play a role in sudden infant death syndrome.

Researchers in Switzerland have developed implants that provide a "digital bridge" between the brain and spinal cord, which have allowed a man to walk again 12 years after being paralyzed from the waist down in a motorcycle accident, The New…

Hospitals made significant improvements on reducing episiotomies and early elective deliveries during the pandemic, but cesarean sections among patients least likely to need them increased, according to newly released data from The Leapfrog Group

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A contract worker who previously worked at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., alleges improper storage of needles and other equipment in the sterile processing department created unsafe conditions for staff and patients, AL.com reported May 20. 

Fresno, Calif.-based Community Regional Medical Center was fined $78,750 by the state after a cancer patient died following a surgery in which a foreign object was left inside the individual. It is the second time the facility has been fined…