Patient Safety & Outcomes

The Joint Commission on Feb. 1 began publicly reporting hospitals' performance on two perinatal care measures. 

Black and Hispanic children are less likely to undergo diagnostic imaging during an emergency department visit than white children, suggesting race and ethnicity may influence diagnostic decisions in the ED, according to a study published Jan. 29 in JAMA Network…

A graduate student at the University of Texas at Dallas created a first-of-its-kind rapid sepsis biosensor, which is now awaiting patent approval, according to a recent news release. 

David Bell died in the parking lot of Barnes-Jewish St. Peter's (Mo.) Hospital during his third attempt to receive care, his wife told CBS affiliate KMOV.

The Leapfrog Group is launching a national program to publicly report hospitals that are preventing harm from diagnostic errors, the organization said Jan. 28.

Two patients at Lanham, Md.-based Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center died after an oxygen valve was mistakenly turned off during maintenance Jan. 15, FOX 5 DC reported Jan. 28. 

Surgeons at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare performed a record number of abdominal organ transplants at its hospitals in 2020.

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Medical Group launched a COVID-19 Recovery Program to treat patients cleared of the novel virus who still have lingering symptoms weeks or months later, according to a Jan. 26 news release. 

People with schizophrenia are nearly three times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those without the psychiatric condition, according to a study published Jan. 27 in JAMA Psychiatry.

CMS has placed limitations on hospital complaint and recertification surveys for 30 days, according to the American Hospital Association.