Patient Safety & Outcomes

Advocate Health, a 69-hospital system based in Charlotte, N.C., is seeking systemwide hospital accreditation with The Joint Commission.  The initiative will enable hospital-to-hospital benchmarking within the system and with other hospitals with similar geographic profiles, according to a May 27…

State regulators issued an immediate jeopardy warning to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., in late April, after determining the facility failed to properly screen and supervise patients with suicidal ideation, according to records obtained by InvestigateWest.  On…

Using precision digital engagement to educate, support patients prior to care, sets the stage for optimal TEAM performance For a variety of reasons, people with Medicare undergoing surgery may not be well-prepared for their procedure or care for themselves properly…

Four U.S. states and two other countries are experiencing a Paraburkholderia fungorum outbreak from two ultrasound gel products, the CDC reported May 13.  As of May 8, the CDC is aware of 40 P. fungorum isolates from ultrasound gels produced…

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has issued formal guidance on pain management practices for the insertion of intrauterine devices and other common in-office OB-GYN procedures. Four things to know: 1. The long-awaited clinical guidance, released May 15, recommends…

A team of surgeons at Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health completed the world’s first human bladder transplant May 4, paving the way for a new standard of care for patients with non-functioning or “terminal” bladders.  The procedure was…

In a world first, a team from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine has successfully treated a patient with a customized CRISPR gene-editing therapy.  The patient, KJ, was born with severe carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency. Standard treatment for…

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has recorded promising results from a yearslong initiative to reduce a common surgical complication among pediatric urology patients.  The effort focused on hypospadias, a common birth defect that affects about 1 in every 200 births. Surgery…

Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology company, today announces findings from a newly published comparative study of single-use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (sNPWT) devices in caesarean section (C-section) recovery has identified significant benefits for postpartum use of Smith+Nephew’s leading…

The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum have recognized two health systems and one physician for standout patient safety efforts. Every year, the two organizations hand out the John M. Eisenberg awards, which highlight innovation in clinical quality and…