While preventable harm in hospital settings has been a widely discussed issue for decades, new research suggests that adverse events are relatively common in outpatient settings, marking a critical opportunity to improve safety.
Patient Safety & Outcomes
University of Pittsburgh researchers may have found a way to repurpose a cancer drug to treat diabetes.
Farming began as a hobby for KimberLee Mudge, MD, a breast surgeon at UPMC Memorial in York, Pa., and it has now turned into an initiative designed to improve the health of people throughout Central Pennsylvania.
Seizures are telltale signs of epilepsy, but a subtle type of seizure in children is less likely to be noticed by emergency department physicians, which may lead to delays in diagnosis and treatment, according to new research.
University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington saw an 814% increase in blood infections, and the increase coincides with the arrival of xylazine as an illicit drug, according to a CDC report.
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A patient fired a gun at an employee at Detroit-based DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital before turning the gun on himself, Fox2 reported April 28.
Surgeons at New York City-based NYU Langone Health performed the first combined mechanical heart pump and organ transplant surgery and implanted the second gene-edited pig kidney in the world.
Chicago-based Humboldt Park Health is the first hospital in the Midwest and 13th in the country to receive the Healthcare Equity Certification from The Joint Commission.
Patients treated by female physicians have lower mortality and readmission rates, a recent study found.
On April 17, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices added more recommendations to its list of medical abbreviations that should never be used.