Patient Safety & Outcomes

After a man intentionally crashed his car into the emergency room entrance of Middletown, Conn.-based Middlesex Hospital Feb. 22 and proceeded to set himself on fire, Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare is installing permanent barriers outside the entrances of several hospitals, according…

Robert H. Aseltine Jr., PhD, a professor and interim chair of the division of behavioral sciences and community health at Farmington, Conn.-based UConn Health, is leading a research team to identify patients at risk of suicide using data from the…

The Oklahoma City Fire Department said a patient at Oklahoma City-based Integris Baptist Medical Center intentionally started a fire in the hospital's emergency room Tuesday, Oklahoma's News 4 reports.

Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph's Health System, which runs the state's busiest emergency department, achieved a 58 percent decline in opioid prescriptions within a year of implementing an opioid reduction program, according to a report from NPR.

Laconia, N.H.-based LRGHealthcare said it will close the maternity unit at Lakes Region General Hospital, also in Laconia, according to a New Hampshire Public Radio report.

A fire broke out Thursday on the roof of Munson Healthcare Manistee (Mich.) Hospital, reports Up North Live.

Columbus, Ga.-based Midtown Medical Center installed a portable clinic outside its emergency department to manage an overwhelming influx of flu patients, reports the Ledger-Enquirer.

An American Medical Response ambulance crashed early Tuesday morning in Las Vegas, killing a patient and first responder onboard, reports Fox 5 Las Vegas.

A study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, examined the clinical effects of prescription opioid use on risk of invasive pneumococcal disease.

For the first time in its history, Visalia, Calif.-based Kaweah Delta Medical Center set up a second surge tent outside its emergency department Wednesday to manage a sharp increase of flu patients after receiving approval from the California Department of…