Patient Safety & Outcomes

Inpatient joint replacement procedures can place a significant financial strain on health systems, so much so that Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is in the process of piloting a mandatory payment program to cut costs.

Three executives from Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger detailed how DNA sequencing helps the health system prevent diseases among its patient population in a recent article for Harvard Business Review.

A study published in Spine examined the effects of preoperative opioid use on spinal deformity surgery outcomes.

A 34-year-old patient arrived at Cooperstown, N.Y-based Bassett Medical Center's emergency room with a "thunderclap headache" after eating a Carolina Reaper pepper, according to an article published in BMJ Case Reports.

CATHY TOWNSEND, RN, MSN-L. CNO of Banner- University Medical Center Tucson/South On the top challenge “Hospital systems in Arizona and throughout the United States are continually challenged with keeping patients safe in the healthcare setting. High acuity patients with complex,…

Zuckerburg San Francisco General Hospital received three patients following a shooting at YouTube's San Bruno, Calif., headquarters April 3, according to the Los Angeles Times.

An ambulance crashed into a building in Bellwood, Ill., March 31, killing the patient, the driver and an ambulance attendant, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Sutter Santa Rosa (Calif.) Hospital went on lockdown March 28 after the family member of a patient threatened to come to the hospital with a gun, according to The Press Democrat.

Pain is a reality of life. We all experience it at one time or another. Most of the time pain is helpful. It lets us know we have done something that we should discontinue.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health identified violations in the administration of painkillers and monitoring of medicated patients at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg in Bethlehem during a February investigation, according to a report from The Morning Call.