Massachusetts police are warning the public about a new TikTok trend that recently left 10 children hospitalized.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Operating room "black boxes" are growing in popularity as a way to improve patient safety and operational efficiency — and it likely will not be long before they spread to other departments.
New data from The Joint Commission found that of all reported sentinel events in 2022, 44 percent resulted in severe temporary harm and 20 percent resulted in a patient death.
Two people were killed and one was hospitalized after a medical helicopter crash April 2 in Chelsea, Ala., NBC affiliate WVTM reported.
The Joint Commission issued a quick safety advisory on March 27 with best practices and guidelines related to suicide risk screening.
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An unusual global outbreak of pediatric hepatitis cases in 2022 could be connected to multiple common viruses, according to multiple studies.
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