ChristianaCare has expanded weapons screening to include employee entrances at Wilmington (Del.) Hospital following a June 16 shooting at the facility that left one person dead and another injured, Jenn Schwartz, the health system’s incoming president and CEO, said in…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
CMS is tightening oversight of accrediting organizations, prompting hospital leaders to examine what the changes could mean for accreditation surveys and survey preparation. On June 12, the agency published a final rule strengthening oversight of the nine accrediting organizations that…
When CMS surveyors determine that a hospital has put patients in “immediate jeopardy,” the deficiency that triggers it is far more often a breakdown in patients’ rights than a clinical error, federal data shows. That is the clearest pattern in…
Two people were shot June 16 inside ChristianaCare’s Wilmington (Del.) Hospital, and one victim has died, Wilmington Police Chief Wilfredo Campos said at an evening press conference streamed on the city’s Facebook page. Police were called to the hospital at…
Calls to U.S. poison centers involving diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in Benadryl and some over-the-counter sleep aids, among teens more than doubled in the first five months of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to America’s Poison…
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CMS published a final rule June 12 to increase oversight of the nine accrediting organizations that survey more than 9,000 healthcare organizations annually for compliance with federal health and safety requirements. CMS highlighted several areas of concern and potential conflicts…
Among nearly 98,000 older adults needing surgery, some were nearly twice as likely to undergo a delirium screening depending on the hospital where they received care, according to a study published June 10. Hospitals with the American College of Surgeons…
California’s workplace safety regulator has cited Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California San Francisco a combined $273,200 in proposed penalties following the fatal stabbing of a social worker at the hospital’s HIV clinic in December. The…
When CMS released its latest Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings in May, Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health’s flagship hospital earned five stars, placing it among the largest hospitals in the country to do so. The result was more than three…
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…