Patient Safety & Outcomes

From creating safety culture tools to collaborating with other systems, hospitals and health systems are consistently working to improve patient safety. 

One person is dead and another has been taken into custody after an active shooter event at CHI St. Vincent North Hospital in Sherwood, Ark., according to KARK. 

The American College of Surgeons and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma have created a verification program to help hospitals improve the quality of care in emergency surgeries. 

Patients with long COVID-19 symptoms are more likely to have autoimmune disease markers in their blood, a study published Sept. 22 in the European Respiratory Journal found.

A new study involving nearly 20,000 participants around the world found that people got their periods about a day late, on average, after receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. 

COVID-19 boosters add about 70 percent extra protection against omicron, which lasts four to five months, a study published Sept. 23 in the Journal of the American Medical Association found. 

New research shared this week adds to a growing body of evidence exploring COVID-19's potential long-term health ramifications for children and adults. 

Here are 12 patient safety studies Becker's has covered since July 1: 

From shock-absorbing flooring to wearable technologies, hospitals have tried a litany of interventions to get to zero patient falls. But for years, falls have consistently landed on The Joint Commission's list of most common sentinel events. 

The FDA issued a warning against cooking chicken in NyQuil after a social media challenge went viral.