The rise of platforms such as TikTok and Instagram has created a new enemy for hospital emergency departments: viral social media challenges.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
A Wisconsin family claims its daughter's hospital room was filled with grime, dirt and bed bugs, CBS affiliate WDJT reported April 8.
A new case study found two infants born to mothers infected with COVID-19 suffered brain damage and offers the first direct evidence the SARS-CoV-2 virus can cross the placenta.
Denver-based University of Colorado researchers found that gender and income influence might influence who receives advanced pulmonary support.
A moose marched through the automatic front doors of Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage on April 6 and snacked from a potted plant before security guided its exit, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
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As gun violence continues to rise across the country — now accounting for 20 percent of childhood deaths — Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Ohio is taking a nontraditional approach to reducing it in communities: with the use of virtual reality…
Massachusetts police are warning the public about a new TikTok trend that recently left 10 children hospitalized.
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.