Patient Safety & Outcomes

While the majority of women recognize the importance of routine preventive health screenings, 43% say they have missed or delayed preventive screenings, including for cancer, according to a survey of 4,000 adult women in the U.S. cited by The Washington…

An ongoing exodus of healthcare workers from Mount Sinai Beth Israel is posing risks to patient safety "in the very near future," Politico reported July 17.

Experts are warning hospital leaders at facilities near the Atlantic Ocean to take additional steps this year to ensure hurricane preparations are intact and enhanced, amid what is anticipated to be the worst hurricane season on record.

The Veterans Health Administration operates a $43 million medical facility in Orlando that regularly welcomes healthcare workers, but no patients, according to CNBC.

When Ballad Health's Chief Clinical Officer Amit Vashist, MD, sent quality, safety and infection prevention teams to several member hospitals' operating rooms unannounced to assess safety culture, he was met with revolt — but not in the way one might…

Philip Myers, DO, an orthopedic surgeon with Singing River Health in Gulfport, Miss., completed what is understood to be the first three augmented reality surgical procedures in the state. 

A gap in information surrounding conditions like endometriosis, pelvic floor disorders, migraines, and chronic fatigue syndrome is harming women's health, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Lawmakers are pressing VA leadership to elaborate on the patient safety issues at Aurora, Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center that have stopped surgeries at the facility, The Denver Post reported July 9.

For the first time since 2010, the Infectious Disease Society of America published new guidelines for treating complex abdominal infections.

A new term for a well-known phenomenon is gaining traction and highlighting the need for change among hospital administration: Administrative harm.