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…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
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…
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Memorial Hospital of Carbon County in Rawlins, Wyo., has paused vaccination services for uninsured and underinsured patients. The change follows the departure of Patti Shue, a pediatric nurse practitioner who oversaw the hospital’s vaccination program, including management of state-supplied vaccines,…
The CDC on Feb. 4 published a new framework for hospitals aimed at reducing missed, delayed and incorrect diagnoses, positioning diagnostic excellence as a patient safety priority alongside efforts such as antibiotic stewardship. The framework, titled “Core Elements of Hospital…
Nurses’ clinical intervention and barcode medication scanning emerged as the two biggest safeguards preventing patient harm in intensive care units at Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, according to a study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. Researchers…
As U.S. immigration officials receive access to Medicaid beneficiary data, hospitals and states are unsure whether to notify patients who are immigrants, according to a Feb. 6 KFF Health News report. Healthcare facilities are facing a dilemma: Telling patients the…
The American Medical Association, one of the largest U.S. healthcare organizations, has revised its position on gender-affirming surgeries for minors, the AMA told Becker’s in a statement shared Feb. 5. “The AMA supports evidence-based treatment, including gender affirming care. Currently,…