Patient Safety & Outcomes

Black adult patients were less likely to be admitted to hospitals considered "high-quality" for several patient safety indicators compared to white patients, according to an Urban Institute analysis published March 29. 

CMS is lifting a suspension on hospital survey activities that was implemented during this winter's surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, the agency said March 26.

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients treated with remdesivir at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine demonstrated faster clinical improvement than patients who did not receive the drug, according to a study published March 24 in JAMA Network Open.

Minneapolis-based M Health Fairview will stop automatically adjusting for race in a formula commonly used to measure kidney function, the health system said March 16. 

The FDA has revised its clinician resources on monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19 to include information on variants. 

Some Chicagoans who aren't yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccines position their jumping the line as a public service, noting that doses would otherwise go in the trash. The city's top physician says this is a fallacy. 

The Pew Charitable Trusts established national targets for improving antibiotic use in hospitals based on CDC research that found 55.9 percent of antibiotic prescriptions for hospitalized patients were inappropriate. The findings were published March 18 in JAMA Network Open.

NYC Health + Hospitals has adopted new systemwide guidelines to reduce unnecessary care and curb the spread of COVID-19 in its facilities, the New York City-based organization said March 16.

In recognition of Patient Safety Awareness Week, Becker's asked six hospital and health system quality leaders to share the patient safety issues they are prioritizing this spring and beyond.

A study published March 15 in Nature offers more evidence that the U.K. coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 is not only more transmissible than other strains, but may also be deadlier.