The American Academy of Pediatrics has revised its policy statement on facility-based requirements for pediatric anesthesia. The AAP last updated the policy statement in 2015. The new guidance reflects recent safety and quality data from the Wake Up Registry, which…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
On Feb. 20, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists published its first clinical guidance on diagnosing endometriosis, a chronic inflammatory disorder that affects 1 in 10 women of reproductive age. On average, patients wait four to 11 years after…
Some patients choose to bypass their nearest hospital to find surgical care further away, but this has negative consequences for outcomes and cost of care, a recent study found. The study, published Feb. 18 in the Journal of the American…
About a quarter of pregnant women are not receiving prenatal care in their first trimester, a new CDC report shows. The analysis, released Feb. 18, is based on national birth certificate data from the agency’s National Vital Statistics System. 1.…
Patients with gunshot wounds use more hospital resources, but are less likely to be covered by insurance compared to other patients, a recent study found. The study, published Feb. 18 in Cureus, drew from the American College of Surgeons’ National…
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Survival rates of severely injured patients were correlated with EMS clinicians’ volume, not years of experience, in a recent UPMC and University of Pittsburgh study. The study, published Feb. 18 in JAMA Surgery, used data from the City of Pittsburgh’s…
Patients for Patient Safety US, which formed in 2005, has designed patient-reported experience and outcome survey questions specific to care for older adults. The nonprofit organization said Feb. 17 the survey questions “focus on patient safety, diagnostic accuracy and equity…
Cleveland Clinic recently became the first health system in the U.S. to use a new robotic-assisted surgery system for prostatectomy. The FDA approved the Hugo RAS system in December. The system includes modular arms that let surgeons select operating angles…
Structural segregation in healthcare is leading many Black Medicare patients to be disproportionately admitted to lower-quality hospitals despite living near high-quality facilities, a Johns Hopkins study found. The study, published Dec. 5 in PLOS One, used 2019 Medicare claims data…
San Francisco-based UCSF Health has performed its first heart transplant for a patient who received an artificial heart months earlier. The 37-year-old patient came to the system in August with advanced heart failure, according to a Feb. 11 system news…