Four people are alive after a medical transport helicopter on its way to an Erlanger Health System location crashed on a road in North Carolina on March 9.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Just weeks ago, Santa Clara Valley Healthcare in San Jose, Calif., was at risk of losing Medicare reimbursements due to patient safety concerns. Now, after an investigation by the California Department of Public Health, the health system is reportedly back…
A new viral TikTok drinking challenge dubbed "blackout rage gallons" — "borg" for short — led to the hospitalization of 46 University of Massachusetts students in Boston, CBS News reported.
A large new study published in Nature Communications found COVID-19 patients are much more likely to experience gastrointestinal problems a year after infection than those who haven't had COVID-19.
U.K. researchers found adults who had a lower respiratory tract infection before age 2 are at higher risk of dying prematurely from respiratory disease.
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The Washington State Nurses Association says that staffing changes made by Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health in December 2022 "lowered the quality of care" for patients.
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital opened a newly renovated burn center that includes a specialized intensive care unit on March 6.
Seeking to reduce the incidence of critical events in high-risk patients, the NAPA Anesthesia Patient Safety Institute (NAPSI)—NAPA’s certified Patient Safety Organization (PSO)—conducted a systemwide review of NAPA’s adverse events data. NAPA maintains one of the nation’s largest anesthesia clinical…
More than half of California's inpatient beds are located within less than a mile of high fire danger areas, a new study revealed.
HCA Florida Northwest Hospital in Margate announced Feb. 23 that it is the first in Broward County to offer robotic technology for minimally invasive hysterectomies.