Health officials cited WellSpan York (Pa.) Hospital over a patient's death in October 2019, which represents the second such citation the hospital received over a two-month period last year, according to a state report cited by the York Dispatch.
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In the summer of 2018, Texas hospitals united to improve childbirth safety in the state, and the initiative has led to significant changes in hospital protocols since, according to Houston Public Media.
Indianapolis-based IU Health is rolling out a new CPR training program for its 20,000 front-line providers, the system announced Feb. 17.
The number of sepsis-related hospitalizations for Medicare patients has increased significantly since 2012, according to new HHS research published in Critical Care Medicine.
A majority of physicians who prescribe opioids do so within recommended parameters, suggesting that strategies to deal with opioid abuse should focus on improving the management of complex pain patients and reducing additional chronic conditions that pain patients suffer from,…
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A program at Houston Methodist Hospital emphasizing the use of over-the-counter medication to manage patients' pain after surgery has helped the hospital reduce opioid prescriptions from 87 percent to about 10 percent, according to a study published in the Journal…
Philadelphia will begin monitoring physicians' prescribing patterns to identify and intervene with those who overprescribe opioids, reports WHYY, Philadelphia's public media organization.
Hospitals can reduce the number of opioids prescribed to patients by lowering default prescription volumes in the EHR, suggest the findings of a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
A fraction of adolescents and young adults who survive opioid overdoses receive timely addiction treatment to prevent future opioid abuse, a study published in JAMA Pediatrics found.
A 25-year-old woman who sought care at Milwaukee-based Froedtert Hospital's emergency room and left to find quicker access to care, died soon after, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report.