The Food and Drug Administration's Pediatric Advisory Committee will convene in September to evaluate the use of prescription cough medications containing opioids in the treatment of pediatric patients.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Express Scripts — the nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager — will begin limiting the potency and number of opioid painkillers prescribed to first-time users, according to a report from CBS News and the Associated Press.
A 66-year-old female patient died after her hospital gown caught fire July 25 at Williamsport (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, part of Williamsport-based UPMC Susquehanna, according to Lehigh Valley Live.
Florida Hospital East Orlando was placed on lockdown early Friday morning after an 85-year-old patient armed with a gun threatened to harm himself, according to CBS12.
A partial collapse of Charleston, W.Va.-based CAMC Memorial Hospital's parking garage injured three construction workers and stopped patients who parked in the garage from leaving Wednesday morning, according to WSAZ.
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A female patient and two nursing staff members were injured Tuesday afternoon when a fire sparked at 203-bed Williamsport (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, part of Williamsport-based UPMC Susquehanna.
A patient fled Laguna Hills, Calif.-based Saddleback Regional Medical Center early Sunday morning and was killed running across the freeway, according to the Orange County Register.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier is creating a national opioid safety pilot program to improve post-operative pain management.
Efforts to reduce readmissions for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia were not associated with increased mortality rates after the ACA's passage, according to a study published in JAMA.
A study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, detailed a new team-based model that lowered prescription opioid use among patients with chronic pain by almost half.