The patient safety movement has come to "a little bit of a standstill," said Jefferson Health leader Oren Guttman, MD.
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The American College of Surgeons is urging more first responders to carry blood products in emergency vehicles to improve survival rates among patients with life-threatening bleeding.
Richard Slayman, the first person in the world to receive a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, died from an "unexpected cardiac event," his transplant surgeon said Nov. 13, according to The Boston Globe.
Among 1,009 patients who underwent surgery in Massachusetts hospitals in 2018, 38% experienced an adverse event — of which 26% were potentially preventable, according to a study published Nov. 13 in BMJ.
In the last three years, U.S. hospitals performed more than 200,000 unnecessary back surgeries on Medicare beneficiaries, according to a Nov. 14 report by the Lown Institute Hospital Index.
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The Joint Commission issued a sentinel event alert Nov. 13, urging hospitals to ensure they have sufficient plans in place to protect patients and staff during weather- and climate-related emergencies.
CMS has removed immediate jeopardy status from Wilson (N.C.) Medical Center, The Wilson Times reported Nov. 11.
With influence from social media, physicians are noticing a growing number of women asking for testosterone prescriptions, NBC News reported Nov. 10.
New Orleans-based Ochsner Health is improving pregnancy blood pressure metrics through a virtual platform, Joseph Biggio, MD, system chair and service line leader for women’s services and chair of maternal-fetal medicine at Ochsner Health, told the American Medical Association.
The prevalence of adult diabetes cases, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, has continued to grow over the last two decades, according to the CDC.