The COVID-19 vaccine and its booster can reduce the odds of preeclampsia by 30%, and as much as 58% in those with preexisting morbidities, a recent study found. The study, published Feb. 18 in eClinicalMedicine, used health records from 6,427…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death during pregnancy and postpartum in the U.S., according to Andreea Creanga, MD, PhD, in a 2017 article in Obstetrics & Gynecology. To reduce mortality and improve cardiovascular health, some hospitals are changing…
Two people are dead and two others were wounded in separate shootings at hospitals in Alabama and Wisconsin. Two people died after what police described as an apparent murder-suicide at Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital in Homewood, Ala., just outside Birmingham.…
Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children’s Hospital has spent the last 26 years flying its specialty physicians and nurses to meet patients at clinics. Driscoll serves 33 counties in Texas, an area the size of many states. Many of its patients…
Healthcare leaders are carefully weighing the wording of signs aimed at reducing workplace violence out of concern about violating the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Among an array of efforts to minimize and prevent violence in healthcare settings —…
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A decadeslong frustration among midwives and hospitals could escalate, and harm patients, as more women choose home births, NBC News reported Feb. 26. Although a small percentage of U.S. mothers deliver infants at home, this minority is growing, according to…
Orlando-based AdventHealth Transplant Institute has successfully completed two new transplant procedures. The institute’s surgeons completed its first living donor liver transplant as part of a newly established program, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. This first procedure involved…
If hospitals do not blend their procurement decisions with overall performance strategy, they risk patient harm and losing CMS accreditation, according to a Feb. 24 article from Vizient, a healthcare performance improvement company. On Jan. 1, the Joint Commission implemented…
At Ascension, maternal morbidity rates are 20% below the national average for all patients and 32% below the national average for Black patients, according to Stacy Garrett-Ray, MD, chief community impact officer at the St. Louis-based health system. “Our outcomes…
The American Academy of Pediatrics has revised its policy statement on facility-based requirements for pediatric anesthesia. The AAP last updated the policy statement in 2015. The new guidance reflects recent safety and quality data from the Wake Up Registry, which…