Patient Safety & Outcomes

Researchers in France used a new gene therapy to partially restore a blind man's sight for the first time, according to a study published May 24 in Nature Medicine.

Geary Community Hospital in Junction City, Kan., transferred all of its patients to surrounding hospitals and canceled surgeries and elective procedures because of an issue with its generator, according to the JC Post.

About 1 in 7 adults with COVID-19 developed a new health issue that required medical care after recovering from the virus last year, according to a study published May 19 in The BMJ.

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome — a rare and severe COVID-19 complication first characterized in children — presents differently among adults and may be underdiagnosed as a result, according to a study published May 19 in JAMA Network Open.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on May 19 signed a bill into law that bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, reports The New York Times.

Tympanostomy or ear tubes did not lower the rate of acute otitis media, or middle-ear infections, among children, compared to antibiotics, according to research published May 13 in The New England Journal of Medicine. 

In a U.K. study involving 11,558 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, the use of convalescent plasma did not improve survival rates or other clinical outcomes, according to findings published May 14 in The Lancet.

Preoperative testing is often unnecessary for low-risk surgeries, but remains common practice at many hospitals in Michigan, according to a study published May 17 in JAMA Internal Medicine. 

NYC Health + Hospitals will no longer perform two common diagnostic tests that use race-based calculations, the New York City-based health system said May 17. 

The Joint Commission has collected data on compliance with standards, National Patient Safety Goals, and Accreditation and Certification Participation Requirements to identify trends surrounding challenging requirements.