Two people were shot June 16 inside ChristianaCare’s Wilmington (Del.) Hospital, and one victim has died, Wilmington Police Chief Wilfredo Campos said at an evening press conference streamed on the city’s Facebook page. Police were called to the hospital at…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Calls to U.S. poison centers involving diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in Benadryl and some over-the-counter sleep aids, among teens more than doubled in the first five months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to America’s Poison…
CMS published a final rule June 12 to increase oversight of the nine accrediting organizations that survey more than 9,000 healthcare organizations annually for compliance with federal health and safety requirements. CMS highlighted several areas of concern and potential conflicts…
Among nearly 98,000 older adults needing surgery, some were nearly twice as likely to undergo a delirium screening depending on the hospital where they received care, according to a study published June 10. Hospitals with the American College of Surgeons…
California’s workplace safety regulator has cited Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California San Francisco a combined $273,200 in proposed penalties following the fatal stabbing of a social worker at the hospital’s HIV clinic in December. The…
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When CMS released its latest Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings in May, Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health’s flagship hospital earned five stars, placing it among the largest hospitals in the country to do so. The result was more than three…
Cedars-Sinai has received a $13 million donation from Eric and Terri Holoman to establish the Cedars-Sinai Holoman Health Equity Center and endow the Holoman Chair in Health Equity at the Los Angeles-based academic medical center. Christina Harris, MD, vice president…
After rolling out a rapid sepsis diagnostic tool across its network, Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health achieved a 24% reduction in sepsis mortality over the last two years. FMOL Health, which operates 10 hospitals across Louisiana and Mississippi, said June…
About 1 in 6 patients with COVID-19 has developed long COVID and nearly 9 in 10 of those cases involve chronic conditions requiring ongoing clinical management, according to a study published May 27 in JAMA Network Open. A team led…
CMS told Becker’s it is aware of a reported patient death by suicide at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, which in January was placed in immediate jeopardy for the fourth time since 2019. On…