Cedars-Sinai has received a $13 million donation from Eric and Terri Holoman to establish the Cedars-Sinai Holoman Health Equity Center and endow the Holoman Chair in Health Equity at the Los Angeles-based academic medical center. Christina Harris, MD, vice president…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
After rolling out a rapid sepsis diagnostic tool across its network, Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health achieved a 24% reduction in sepsis mortality over the last two years. FMOL Health, which operates 10 hospitals across Louisiana and Mississippi, said June…
About 1 in 6 patients with COVID-19 has developed long COVID and nearly 9 in 10 of those cases involve chronic conditions requiring ongoing clinical management, according to a study published May 27 in JAMA Network Open. A team led…
CMS told Becker’s it is aware of a reported patient death by suicide at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, which in January was placed in immediate jeopardy for the fourth time since 2019. On…
Researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston are investigating a sharp rise in gestational diabetes among Chinese American populations that appears to outpace increases seen in other groups, The Atlantic reported May 27. George King, MD, the center’s research director,…
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Since January 2025, between 1.5 million and 1.8 million children have been dropped from Medicaid programs even though HR 1 policies are months away from full implementation, according to researchers at Washington, D.C.-based Georgetown University. The university’s Center for Children…
In 2025, an ECRI database logged more than 70,000 patient falls, and working-age adults accounted for nearly 3 in 10 of them, according to a May 26 report. ECRI, a nonprofit patient safety organization, analyzed 71,456 falls reported to its…
A La Porte County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was shot May 22 inside Franciscan Health Michigan City (Ind.) remains in critical but stable condition following surgery, authorities said. Deputy Jon Samuelson was airlifted to Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Ind.,…
Representing a wide range of roles across hospitals, health systems and healthcare companies, these patient safety experts are united by their unwavering commitment to ensuring that every patient receives safe, effective care. Their work touches every corner of the care…
Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health’s Milton S. Hershey Medical Center said it has addressed sterilization unit issues after a January 2025 incident, but employees are still raising concerns, according to a May 14 report from Spotlight PA. Seven unnamed individuals…