Patient Safety & Outcomes

A suspect was injured the evening of March 5 after exchanging gunfire with a security officer outside Henry Ford St. John Hospital in Detroit, police said. The health system said in a statement shared with Becker’s the incident occurred when…

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is forming a strategic affiliation with Tampa, Fla.-based Shriner Children’s to deliver high-quality, specialized pediatric care in Nevada. The affiliation is designed to create an integrated pediatric orthopedic and rehabilitation service line for both local…

Although 11% of the U.S. population has multiple chronic conditions, these patients consume a majority of inpatient care, Vizient said in a March 3 report. “The center of gravity has shifted,” the report said, as many healthcare organizations are defining…

The assumption that surgical gloves are largely equivalent has shaped purchasing strategies across many health systems. Yet growing attention to clinical performance, infection prevention and long-term cost implications is prompting a closer look at how these products are evaluated. Surgeons…

With persistent gaps in care, widening outcome disparities, and limited access, particularly in rural communities and among minority women, maternal care remains in crisis. At the same time, provider shortages continue to strain health system operations, accelerating the adoption of…

As state health budgets shrink, 17 states and the District of Columbia have reduced funding for HIV/AIDS programs, and at least five others are considering doing the same.  In late January, the National Association of State and Territorial AIDS Directors…

The COVID-19 vaccine and its booster can reduce the odds of preeclampsia by 30%, and as much as 58% in those with preexisting morbidities, a recent study found. The study, published Feb. 18 in eClinicalMedicine, used health records from 6,427…

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death during pregnancy and postpartum in the U.S., according to Andreea Creanga, MD, PhD, in a 2017 article in Obstetrics & Gynecology. To reduce mortality and improve cardiovascular health, some hospitals are changing…

Two people are dead and two others were wounded in separate shootings at hospitals in Alabama and Wisconsin. Two people died after what police described as an apparent murder-suicide at Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital in Homewood, Ala., just outside Birmingham.…

Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children’s Hospital has spent the last 26 years flying its specialty physicians and nurses to meet patients at clinics. Driscoll serves 33 counties in Texas, an area the size of many states. Many of its patients…