Patient Safety & Outcomes

Many women undergo screening for cervical cancer and HPV more frequently than the recommended three- to five-year period recommended by the American Cancer Society, according to research published April 29 in JAMA Network Open. 

Worldwide, there are about 23 million miscarriages a year, with Black women facing a significantly higher risk of pregnancy loss, according to research published April 26 in The Lancet. 

California's cesarean delivery rate for low-risk births fell below the CDC's national 23.9 percent target in 2019 after the implementation of statewide quality initiatives and hospital collaborative interventions, an observational study published April 27 in JAMA Network found.

Emerging studies suggest that COVID-19 survivors can face several long-term physical and mental health consequences. 

Operating rooms are intense environments that present risks for both patients and clinical staff. Surgical smoke contains 150 chemicals, with smoke particles able to travel 40 miles per hour — and that's just one of the potential harms present in…

Mother-to-newborn transmission of the virus that causes COVID-19 is rare, but infants may still face indirect health risks if their mothers develop severe cases, according to a study published April 23 in Jama Network Open.

COVID-19 survivors who were not hospitalized still had a higher risk of death and required more healthcare services within six months than people without the virus, according to a study accepted for publication in Nature.

Several Michigan hospitals that postponed elective surgeries over the past few weeks due to a surge in COVID-19 cases are largely back on track. 

Hospital-based rehabilitation programs are expecting to see a major influx of medically complex patients in the coming decades. However, COVID-19 has further spurred the drastic increase and caused an immediate rise in medically complex patients with multiple comorbidities.

A new analysis of brain autopsies from 41 COVID-19 patients suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 virus does not infect the brain, but can still cause significant neurological damage.