2024 marked a big year for the field of xenotransplantation, with surgical teams at several health systems completing historic procedures that could pave the way for broader adoption of animal-to-human organ transplants.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Eight systems and organizations have partnered on research to cure total blindness through whole-eye transplantation.
The overprescription and overuse of antibiotics have exacerbated antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally. This poses a significant threat to modern medicine, as common infectious diseases are becoming increasingly difficult to treat.
Hospitals' drug testing policies can have unintended consequences for women who seek care during pregnancy or after child birth, according to an investigative report published Dec. 11.
Nearly seven years ago, when Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health was formed through the merger of Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System, Amit Vashist, MD, a dual-boarded internist and psychiatrist, found himself contemplating a crucial question.
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Patient safety touches every aspect of hospital care, and every hospital can have tens of programs and initiatives that attempt to address each part of it.
Chino (Calif.) Valley Medical Center evacuated four patients from its intensive care unit Dec. 8 after a fire broke out on the 112-bed hospital campus, according to The Mercury News.
Criminally charged healthcare workers in Illinois, including those accused of abusing patients, often face little oversight or experience delayed discipline, The Chicago Tribune reported Dec. 6.
To prevent falls, a Colorado hospital is replacing frequent bed alarms with an AI-enabled system that analyzes EHR data for risk indicators.
The National Action Alliance for Patient and Workforce Safety launched a new public-facing dashboard that aggregates federal safety data Dec. 5.