Patient Safety & Outcomes

Healthgrades has identified 162 hospitals as the recipients of its 2020 Women's Care Awards, the organization said Aug. 11 

Dedicated time, mentorship and participation in a professional quality improvement network are the most significant factors to nurture clinicians' self-efficacy and effectiveness in QI, according to a study published in International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 

The CDC unveiled its "Hear Her" campaign this week to raise awareness about pregnancy-related complications and risk, reports AHA News.

An online physician education program may help reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions in pediatric offices, a study published in Pediatrics found.

Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital is currently over capacity, according to a statement from Hospital President and CEO John Haupert warning about the pandemic's effect on the healthcare system, WGCL-TV reports.

The first COVID-19 patient to undergo a double lung transplant was discharged from Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital July 29, reports The New York Times.

Members of the COVID-19 support group Survivor Corps have dubbed themselves "long-haulers" and identified 98 symptoms that they continue to experience.

An experimental blood test proved effective at diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and could hit the market in two to three years, offering a cheaper and less invasive method to diagnose the illness, reports The New York Times. 

Visitor restrictions intended to limit the spread of COVID-19 in hospitals could "inadvertently harm patients more than the virus itself," two physician leaders wrote in an op-ed for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

COVID-19 can result in prolonged illness among those who are not hospitalized, with 35 percent of those who tested positive for the disease reporting that they had not returned to their usual state of heath two to three weeks after…