Patient Safety & Outcomes

This episode features Dr. Howard Haronian, VP & Chief Quality & Innovation Officer at Hartford HealthCare Heart & Vascular Institute. Here, he discusses his focus on leveraging data to improve quality of care & decrease provider burnout, trends he is…

The death of a 73-year-old man in 2022 is just one of two major incidents that prompted a federal investigation into the University of Kansas Health System, according to a May 2 report from NBC affiliate KSHB.

Thirty-six percent of patients with long COVID-19 conditions reported experiencing cognitive deficits after 30 days, according to new research published May 5 in JAMA.

Amid a swirling discussion about COVID-19 vaccines and the risk of myocarditis or pericarditis, Yale researchers found the heart conditions could be tied to a person's immune system rather than a COVID-19 shot. 

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Boston is conducting an internal review of inpatient deaths in response to allegations of neglect and suboptimal care for patients with mental health disabilities.

Children's Mercy Kansas City (Mo.) is the first freestanding pediatric hospital to open a NASA-inspired "mission-control" center that tracks patients from admission to discharge, reduces clinician administrative burden and centralizes hospital operations.

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…

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.