Patient Safety & Outcomes

Hospital admission rates from the emergency department varied significantly among emergency physicians and hospitals in a single health system, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Patients undergoing minor surgeries experienced disproportionately high levels of pain, according to researchers who examined more than 50,000 pain responses for 179 types of surgery, according to News-Medical.  

Hamilton Medical notified customers of a malfunction with its HAMILTON-TI ventilators with software versions 1.1.2 and lower in which the correct amount of oxygen may be miscalculated, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Here are six studies on emergency department visits from the past month, beginning with the most recent.

The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert for opioid overuse consequences and urged hospitals to take measures to avoid patient complications and death, according to The Hospitalist.

T-System, an emergency medicine solutions company, has released a free flu documentation template to help hospitals manage increased emergency department volume due to high influenza rates.

Here are 40 benchmarks on emergency department performance that T-System compiled from 62 hospitals using T SystemEV, an ED electronic health record.

National spending on maternity care could drop by $5 billion if the rate of U.S. Cesarean sections fell in line with global recommendations, according to a new report (pdf) from three healthcare organizations.

Englewood, Colo.-based Centura Health has announced it will expand its St. Anthony North Medical Pavilion in Westminster, Colo., for $177 million, according to a Denver Post report.

Lowell (Mass.) General Hospital marked the completion of its new Hanson Family Emergency Department and Trauma Center with a dedication ceremony Saturday, according to a Lowell Sun report.