About 40 percent of adult COVID-19 patients hospitalized at New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health experienced acute kidney injury this spring, according to new research from Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, the system's research arm.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Physicians and leaders at many U.S. hospitals say they are feeling better prepared to respond to a potential second wave of COVID-19 cases this fall, according to The Wall Street Journal.
In the days following the switch to daylight saving time, human mistakes tied to patient safety-related incidents increased by almost 20 percent, according to a study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
In the Philadelphia region, nearly 1 in 10 COVID-19 patients returned to the hospital within a week of being discharged after an emergency department visit, a new study shows.
PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Wash., resumed performing surgeries Sept. 15 after a 13-day pause, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.
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One person died and four others were injured after a car slammed into a Wisconsin ambulance the morning of Sept. 15, according to local news station WBAY.
M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital locked down Sept. 14 after a physician was reportedly shot in a parking ramp just before 9 p.m. CST, reports the StarTribune.
An expert committee convened by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement created a national action plan to help health systems refocus and reenergize patient safety efforts.
The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare is offering hospitals a new tool to help reduce sepsis mortality.
How healthcare organizations respond to medical errors has greatly evolved in the last few decades. Transparency and accountability have emerged as key tenets of this process, aligned with hospitals' efforts to build a culture of safety and continual clinical improvement.