Patient Safety & Outcomes

Good Samaritan Society - Bethany, a senior living facility in Brainerd, Minn., is partnering with the state to serve as an alternative care facility and relieve hospitals overwhelmed during the latest COVID-19 surge, Gov. Tim Walz announced Nov. 10.

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have fallen nationwide in recent weeks, but many hospitals in Michigan are still responding to record high patient levels.

The Hospital Association of Pennsylvania announced Nov. 10 17 systems across the state as 2021 Hospital Association of Pennsylvania Excellence in Patient Safety Program honorees.

People with certain sleep disorders face a 31 percent increased risk for hospitalization and mortality from COVID-19, according to research published Nov. 10 in JAMA Network Open.

For the first time in its history, Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare on Nov. 9 moved to level red pandemic protocols, the highest of the health system's five-stage plan. 

People with diabetes, chronic lung disease or chronic kidney disease may be at increased risk for breakthrough infections compared to the general population, according to Nov. 9 research from the health system-led data analytics startup Truveta.

The U.S. lacks a universally accepted set of recommendations for when organs can safely be recovered from COVID-19-positive donors, The New York Times reported Nov. 8. 

New HHS program 1st to link data from mothers and newborns to improve outcomes, reduce disparities 

People with a specific version of a gene known as LTZFL1 may be at increased risk of respiratory failure from COVID-19, according to research published Nov. 4 in Nature. 

A solid foundation of research has shown that men are more likely to die of COVID-19 than women, but the reason for this disparity is still unknown.