Patient Safety & Outcomes

Researchers in the United Kingdom have identified six "types" of COVID-19 illness, each with a particular cluster of symptoms.

The Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging is aiming to improve dementia care through a new initiative launched July 20.

CMS has approved The Joint Commission's hospital accreditation program for a shorter period due to concerns with the organization's survey processes, the agency said in a July 17 notice.

Patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to smaller hospitals with less than 50 intensive care unit beds had a higher risk of death, a new study shows.

The U.S. infant mortality rate fell to a record low in 2018, according to new CDC data.

Florida officials say they are focusing on expanding hospital surge capacity rather than building alternate sites to accommodate an overflow of patients due to hurricane season, according to WUSF Public Media. 

University of Cincinnati Health has launched a living organ donor program for liver transplants.

Georgia health officials struck a deal with Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare to add at least 62 intensive care and surgical beds to the state's healthcare infrastructure.

Over the past decade, 78 rural hospitals across the U.S. have ended inpatient care but continued to provide other types of healthcare services, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.

Responding to the COVID-19 pandemic this fall will be a huge challenge for college health centers, many of which have a history of care delays or deficiencies, according to an investigative report by The Washington Post.