Patient Safety & Outcomes

Do-it-yourself medical care gained popularity during the pandemic when hospitals were overcrowded — and the trend continues years later.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System will be among the first institutions in the world to use blood tests to detect Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The health system will offer the tests as a part of the Davos…

Up to 5% of women who undergo tubal sterilization may later become pregnant, calling the procedure's effectiveness as a contraceptive into question, according to a recent analysis from researchers at UCSF Health. 

Research is mounting against the common practices of prescribing thickened liquids, conducting spine implants for back pain and suspending blood pressure medicines before surgery, The New York Times reported Sept. 14. 

Suicide rates continue to rise despite national suicide prevention strategies — and a lack of policy adoption may be at the root, KFF Health News reported Sept. 16.

Although the American Medical Association recognized obesity as a disease state in 2013, weight stigma still persists in parts of the healthcare industry, which patients say is undermining care quality. 

Physicians' awareness of a unique condition involving the inability to burp has grown largely due to patients' discussions on Reddit, according to KFF Health News.

Cleveland Clinic clinicians recently performed a brain surgery through a patient's eyelid, the health system said Sept. 11. 

A surgical team at NYU Langone Health in New York City recently performed the first fully robotic lung transplant in the U.S. 

The main drivers of diagnostic errors in 2023 were issues with processing medical tests, referrals and communication, according to the Emergency Care Research Institute.