Patient Safety & Outcomes

Concord (N.H.) Hospital diverted five emergency room patients to other medical centers Dec. 18 after a clogged drain caused a sewer backup and water drainage issue, according to the Concord Monitor.

Humana incorrectly billed military beneficiaries 100 times their monthly fees in a widespread glitch Dec. 5, according to Military.com.

A patient and three medics were injured after an IU Health ambulance collided with a semitruck in Blackford County, Ind., according to local news station WRTV.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital evacuated part of its emergency department Nov. 25 due to a potential hazmat situation, reports NBC Connecticut.

Two people were fatally shot Nov. 25 outside a Durham, N.C.-based medical clinic affiliated with the University of North Carolina, according to USA Today.  

The emergency room of North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn., was on lockdown for about two hours after a brawl erupted Nov. 21, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.

Providence, R.I.-based Miriam Hospital went on a brief diversion Nov. 20 due to a possible fentanyl exposure, according to CBS and MyNetworkTV affiliate WPRI 12. 

Puyallup, Wash.-based MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital is canceling more than 140 elective surgeries after flecks of plastic were found on some surgical trays, according to local news station KIRO 7.

Only one percent of opioid-naive emergency department patients receiving opioid prescriptions upon discharge demonstrated persistent opioid use six months later, according to a study published Nov. 1 in Annals of Emergency Medicine. 

A man in police custody was shot and killed Nov. 6 at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C., in a tussle to grab a deputy police officer's gun, local ABC News affiliate WTVD reports.