Patient Safety & Outcomes

Historically, age-related spinal degeneration has been difficult to treat, but highly effective, minimally invasive techniques now exist that are ideal for use in ambulatory surgery centers. 

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood is investigating a June 26 incident in which a fire erupted as staff members were using a defibrillator on a patient, reports ABC affiliate KTRK.

Cleveland Clinic Akron General on July 1 received a $1 million grant from the Summit County (Ohio) Opiate Abatement Advisory Council to use for follow-up care for patients whose substance use disorder was recorded as a primary or secondary health…

Many men interact with the healthcare system less than women, and are therefore less familiar with it, says Aldo Ribeiros, MD, an internal medicine specialist at Baptist Health South Florida. 

"Immunocompromised" is a large bucket — and not all immunocompromising conditions affect a person's ability to produce antibodies in response to COVID-19 vaccination the same way, research published June 30 in the preprint server MedRxiv suggests. 

Four health systems with hospitals facing capacity issues in Portland, Ore., have issued a joint plea for the public to exercise caution over Fourth of July weekend to reduce demand on their emergency departments. 

Hospitals in Oregon and Washington are facing critical capacity constraints amid a record-breaking heat wave. 

Leapfrog is calling on CMS to do away with its proposal to remove a critical patient safety measure from its Inpatient Quality Reporting Program. 

Healthcare professionals in emergency departments are feeling the effects of understaffing and high-acuity patients, reports The Oregonian. 

Thirteen states ignored CMS recommendations and did not perform targeted infection control surveys to prepare for COVID-19 patients last year, HHS' Office of Inspector General said in a June 28 report.