Patient Safety & Outcomes

ECRI Institute launched a joint patient safety organization with the Institute for Safe Medication Practices to improve the safety of medication, medical device and care practices.

Surgeons at Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center performed their 1,000th solid organ transplant June 24. 

The CDC clarified that a recent update to its quarantine guidance does not imply that people are immune to reinfection from the new coronavirus within three months of their first infection.

Four healthcare groups updated their roadmap on how to safely provide surgical care during the pandemic Aug. 10. 

A group of COVID-19 patients with prolonged symptoms created their own research group to explore why a subfaction of patients still feel sick long after contracting the virus, reports MIT Technology Review.

Care management incidents were the most common type of sentinel event reported in the first half of 2020, according to data The Joint Commission released Aug. 12.

A Massachusetts patient with COVID-19 and pneumonia responded positively to a laser therapy meant to promote healing, according to a case study published in the American Journal of Case Reports.

At least one-third of COVID-19 patients may experience lingering neurological issues after recovering from the infection, health experts told STAT.

Emergency room visits involving respiratory illness jumped the day before a thunderstorm, likely due to changes in atmospheric conditions, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found.

Aligning value-based efforts across an organization is never easy, especially for a 28-hospital health system with a 400-mile footprint.