The board of directors of Southbridge, Mass.-based Harrington Hospital unanimously voted to obtain approval from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to close the hospital's family birthing center.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
St. Luke’s Health System (Boise, Idaho). St. Luke’s includes 14 hospitals and medical centers across Idaho. In 2017, Truven named St. Luke’s among the 15 Top Health Systems in 2017 due to its focus on patient safety, TeamSTEPPS training, reduction…
A recent study in JAMA found no relationship between postoperative opioid prescription rates and HCAHPS pain measurement scores.
Investing in drug safety monitoring systems can help improve patient safety as well as reduce healthcare costs, according to study published in Medical Care.
An emergency medical technician transporting a patient to a Kaiser Permanente facility in San Diego reportedly fell asleep at the wheel, causing the ambulance to roll over, according to ABC-10 News.
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Hospital stays for infants experiencing opioid withdrawal after exposure to the narcotics in utero can be greatly reduced by treatment with buprenorphine, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Pharmacists in Utah are slated to begin affixing red warning stickers to opioid prescription bottles, advising patients on the addictive and potentially lethal properties of the medication, according to an Associated Press report relayed by The Journal Gazette.
On average, 91 people in the United States die every day due to painkiller overdoses according to the CDC, and providers prescribe many of those pain pills legally. One in five patients who receive 10-day opioid prescriptions after surgery becomes…
Officials evacuated more than two dozen patients from Frisco, Texas-based Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Centennial Wednesday after a water pipe burst, flooding the facility, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Ronald Wyatt, MD. Patient Safety Officer of The Joint Commission. As the first-ever patient safety officer of The Joint Commission, Dr. Wyatt promotes quality improvement and patient safety initiatives in health systems and works to expand the influence of the…