Patient Safety & Outcomes

Bradenton, Fla.-based Manatee Memorial Hospital and Lakewood Ranch (Fla.) Medical Center are no longer using opioids as a first line of defense in the emergency department, resulting in a significant decrease in opioid use, the Bradenton Herald reports.

The FDA will hold a public meeting July 9 to allow adult and pediatric patients to give the agency their perspectives on the effects of chronic pain, treatment approaches for chronic pain and barriers to accessing treatments.

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Kindred Hospital was forced to transfer eight critically ill patients on ventilators about 2 miles away to Broward Health Medical Center May 11 after a power outage, according to the Sun Sentinel.

The University of Chicago Medical Center opened its level 1 adult trauma center May 1. In its first week of operation, the center treated 64 patients with traumatic injuries arising from gunshots, car crashes and burns, according to the Chicago…

After two women were shot while standing outside of Chicago-based Mount Sinai Hospital in early May, the Chicago Tribune spoke to several emergency room workers who compared their experiences dealing with violent patients, their families and, oftentimes, their fellow gang…

A violent high-speed chase, which ended in a fatal shooting, forced the 632-bed Beaumont Hospital-Dearborn (Mich.) into lockdown May 9, according to The Detroit Free Press.

After analyzing opioid prescribing practices following surgery and improving prescribing guidelines, researchers at the Mayo Clinic Department of Orthopedic Surgery in Rochester, Minn., saw a 48 percent decrease in opioids prescribed for hip and knee replacement surgery, according to a study published…

A 74-year-old patient died May 7 after an ambulance and another car collided at a busy intersection in San Lorenzo, Calif., reports NBC Bay Area.

St. David's South Austin (Texas) Medical Center cancelled and rescheduled all nonemergency surgeries May 3 due to a power outage, reports the American-Statesman.

A chartered bus carrying students and chaperones from a North Carolina high school band and chorus team crashed April 29, sending 17 people to Walterboro, S.C.-based Colleton Medical Center for treatment, reports WCIV.