Some patients choose to bypass their nearest hospital to find surgical care further away, but this has negative consequences for outcomes and cost of care, a recent study found. The study, published Feb. 18 in the Journal of the American…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
About a quarter of pregnant women are not receiving prenatal care in their first trimester, a new CDC report shows. The analysis, released Feb. 18, is based on national birth certificate data from the agency’s National Vital Statistics System. 1.…
Patients with gunshot wounds use more hospital resources, but are less likely to be covered by insurance compared to other patients, a recent study found. The study, published Feb. 18 in Cureus, drew from the American College of Surgeons’ National…
Survival rates of severely injured patients were correlated with EMS clinicians’ volume, not years of experience, in a recent UPMC and University of Pittsburgh study. The study, published Feb. 18 in JAMA Surgery, used data from the City of Pittsburgh’s…
Patients for Patient Safety US, which formed in 2005, has designed patient-reported experience and outcome survey questions specific to care for older adults. The nonprofit organization said Feb. 17 the survey questions “focus on patient safety, diagnostic accuracy and equity…
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Cleveland Clinic recently became the first health system in the U.S. to use a new robotic-assisted surgery system for prostatectomy. The FDA approved the Hugo RAS system in December. The system includes modular arms that let surgeons select operating angles…
Structural segregation in healthcare is leading many Black Medicare patients to be disproportionately admitted to lower-quality hospitals despite living near high-quality facilities, a Johns Hopkins study found. The study, published Dec. 5 in PLOS One, used 2019 Medicare claims data…
San Francisco-based UCSF Health has performed its first heart transplant for a patient who received an artificial heart months earlier. The 37-year-old patient came to the system in August with advanced heart failure, according to a Feb. 11 system news…
Memorial Hospital of Carbon County in Rawlins, Wyo., has paused vaccination services for uninsured and underinsured patients. The change follows the departure of Patti Shue, a pediatric nurse practitioner who oversaw the hospital’s vaccination program, including management of state-supplied vaccines,…
The CDC on Feb. 4 published a new framework for hospitals aimed at reducing missed, delayed and incorrect diagnoses, positioning diagnostic excellence as a patient safety priority alongside efforts such as antibiotic stewardship. The framework, titled “Core Elements of Hospital…