In anticipation of a COVID-19 patient surge and lack of space in intensive care units, some hospitals have limited transplant procedures, leaving thousands of Americans waiting for new organs in the lurch, according to NBC News.
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More than 20 current and former employees at the Kansas City (Mo.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center claim they've faced years of racial discrimination while working at the facility, FOX4 News reported earlier this month.
The Joint Commission has suspended regular accreditation and certification surveys to let healthcare organizations concentrate on the new coronavirus pandemic, according to a letter sent out by the accrediting agency.
Establishing criteria for discharge from the hospital for the most commonly diagnosed conditions can help hospitals reduce length of stay among children, according to a study published in Hospital Pediatrics.
Older adults with poor physical function and mental cognition were more likely to die within a year of undergoing major surgery, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery.
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One patient died and four were hospitalized after receiving OpenBiome stool transplants as a treatment for Clostridium difficile, the FDA said in a March 12 safety alert.
The FDA has awarded a contract to a nonprofit organization to create a tool to assess medication safety practices in healthcare settings, from the time of patient admission to discharge from the healthcare facility.
Critically ill patients on life support commonly develop delirium, but new research shows that music can help, according to a study published in the American Journal of Critical Care.
Press Ganey seeks to decrease patient and caregiver harm by 80 percent over the next five years through a new initiative called Safety 2025: Accelerate to Zero.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality outlines 47 practices healthcare providers can adopt or refine to improve patient safety in a new report.