Patient Safety & Outcomes

A zone outside of Philadelphia-based Penn Presbyterian Medical Center is now designated for police transporting gunshot wound victims, according to The Inquirer.

Among the medical community, there is a growing case against intravenous Tylenol, which gained popularity as hospitals shift away from prescribing opioids for pain management, according to The Washington Post.

The previously accepted notion of using opioids to completely eradicate pain has caused U.S. physicians to prescribe 50 times more opioids than the rest of the world combined, Heather Tick, MD, clinical associate professor in both the departments of family…

The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has identified the body of the 33-year-old woman found dead in a hallway at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital June 4, the San Francisco Examiner reports.

Physicians are making strides in fighting the opioid crisis, but the epidemic won't end without expanded access to better treatment for pain and substance abuse, the American Medical Association reported.

An ambulance was struck by a bullet May 27 while transporting an unruly patient to a hospital in Chicago, reports the Chicago Tribune.

Police confirmed a 23-year-old man shot himself in the head in the triage area of Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Medical Center's emergency room May 23, according to the Abilene Reporter News.

Covered California, the state's health insurance exchange established under the ACA, will require participating payers to kick hospitals who don't reach certain safety and quality measures out of their network, WBUR news reports.

After decreasing doses of opioid painkillers administered to hospital patients and delivering the medication with a shot or a pill as opposed to an IV, researchers found they could decrease patients' exposure to opioids while improving pain relief, according to…

The FDA approved Lucemyra, the first nonopioid treatment for adults managing opioid withdrawal symptoms, the agency announced May 16.