An independent consulting firm found that operating a freestanding birth center is not feasible in Windham, Conn., according to an April 10 Connecticut Mirror report. The consultant’s report was triggered after Windham Hospital stopped performing birthing services in 2020 and…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Researchers at Columbus-based Ohio State University have designed and developed the world’s first noninvasive devices aimed at improving a person’s ability to smell. In a clinical trial, 58 healthy people and 54 patients with self-reported smell deficits received two “smell…
Discharge planning plays a crucial role in patients’ recovery, influenced by various factors. To support this transition, NYU Langone is focusing on one key ingredient: nutrition. The New York City-based health system launched its “Food as Medicine” program in 2022…
The Zero Suicide model, designed by Detroit-based Henry Ford Health, is associated with a reduction in suicide attempt rates among patients, according to research published April 7 in JAMA. In 2001, Henry Ford Health was the first to implement the…
An AI tool that analyzes nurses’ notes for subtle clinical changes helped reduce patient risk of death by 35.6%, length of stay by 11.2% and sepsis risk by 7.5%, according to research published April 2 in Nature. In a yearlong,…
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Surgeons at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville have become the first in Tennessee to perform a kidney transplant using a new FDA-approved organ preservation technology. The Vanderbilt transplant team used the Paragonix KidneyVault Renal Perfusion System, a portable hypothermic perfusion…
The American Hospital Association has created a new webpage to spotlight how hospitals and health systems are advancing patient safety and promoting staff well-being. Organized by state, the resource features dozens of case studies on efforts that have led to…
Satish Nadig, MD, PhD, was recruited to lead Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine’s Comprehensive Transplant Center in 2021. At the same time, Dr. Nadig, who serves as transplant center director and chief of the division of transplant surgery at Northwestern, told Becker’s…
After the CDC confirmed a kidney transplant caused a fatal rabies infection, three other organ recipients from the same donor received post-exposure rabies prophylaxis, according to NBC News. In December, a Michigan resident received a kidney transplant at a hospital…
Plans to downsize the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality are casting uncertainty over the future of federal quality and safety efforts, MedPage Today reported March 27. The move is part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to dramatically restructure…