Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston are investigating a sharp rise in gestational diabetes among Chinese American populations that appears to outpace increases seen in other groups, The Atlantic reported May 27. George King, MD, the center’s research director,…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Since January 2025, between 1.5 million and 1.8 million children have been dropped from Medicaid programs even though HR 1 policies are months away from full implementation, according to researchers at Washington, D.C.-based Georgetown University. The university’s Center for Children…
In 2025, an ECRI database logged more than 70,000 patient falls, and working-age adults accounted for nearly 3 in 10 of them, according to a May 26 report. ECRI, a nonprofit patient safety organization, analyzed 71,456 falls reported to its…
A La Porte County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was shot May 22 inside Franciscan Health Michigan City (Ind.) remains in critical but stable condition following surgery, authorities said. Deputy Jon Samuelson was airlifted to Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Ind.,…
Representing a wide range of roles across hospitals, health systems and healthcare companies, these patient safety experts are united by their unwavering commitment to ensuring that every patient receives safe, effective care. Their work touches every corner of the care…
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Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center said it has addressed sterilization unit issues after a January 2025 incident, but employees are still raising concerns, according to a May 14 report from Spotlight PA. Seven unnamed individuals…
When Katherine Hochman, MD, director of the Division of Hospital Medicine at New York City-based NYU Grossman School of Medicine, launched a book club for employees in 2012, she wanted to test whether literature could deepen empathy and improve patient…
After omitting about 450 U.S. hospitals from its Spring 2026 safety grades, The Leapfrog Group rolled out “full transparency” badges for hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers that submit all sections of Leapfrog’s surveys. For more than a decade, Leapfrog has…
Twenty-five hospitals achieved SEP-1 scores of 95 or above in the 12-month period ending in June 2025, according to new CMS data. The agency’s Timely and Effective Care dataset updated May 13 assesses hospitals’ performance on dozens of quality measures,…
Boston Scientific issued a recall involving a correction on all 27 Accolade pacemakers and CRT-Ps, according to a May 7 FDA news release. The agency identified the recall as Class I. Here is what to know. 1. A battery issue…