Patient Safety & Outcomes

Black children with sepsis are more likely to die than white or Hispanic kids, a study published Dec. 14 in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health found.

Even moderate levels of sleep deprivation among physicians can cause a significant increase in the risk of medical errors, a study published Dec. 7 in JAMA Network Open found.

Older patients who have an operation on their surgeon's birthday have a higher 30-day mortality rate, a study published Dec.10 in The BMJ found.

In 2017, two organizations updated national guidelines for treating and diagnosing Clostridioides difficile infection. New research published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases validates these guideline changes, suggesting they nearly doubled hospitals' ability to predict C. difficile mortality.

Fear of contracting COVID-19 in a healthcare setting may be associated with a 20 percent increase in pediatric ruptured appendix cases at Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Children's Hospital earlier this year, according to a study published Dec. 4 in JAMA…

Some San Francisco nurses are speaking out about a two-day intensive care unit training program California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled Dec. 7, reports local ABC affiliate KGO. 

While Black patients were more likely to test positive for COVID-19 than white patients at NYU Langone Health this spring, they had a lower risk of death and severe illness after hospitalization, according to a study published Dec. 4 in…

In more than half of the past 30 influenza seasons, influenza disease has not peaked until the month of February. That said, there remains continued uncertainty about how COVID-19 and related public health interventions will impact the epidemiology of influenza…

Four healthcare groups again updated their guidance for hospitals to maintain essential surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

San Antonio-based University Hospital performed the city's first double lung transplant for a COVID-19 patient at the end of October, reports the San Antonio Express-News.