In 2012, a program for children's hospitals in the U.S. and Canada launched to eliminate patient and employee harm.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has more than tripled the number of liver transplants performed since 2018. 

In 2005, Cincinnati Children's had a serious patient safety event every 21 days on average. Now, there are hundreds of days between safety events.

Studies have found that stress is linked with many chronic diseases, but many physicians do not provide enough education to patients on managing stress, The New York Times reported June 27.

Cleveland Clinic is set to expand its rollout of a unique labor and delivery initiative, which led to a reduction in Cesarean section rates and a boost in patient satisfaction, to three other hospitals, it announced July 1.

New criteria from Boston-based Mass General for Children can accurately identify 98% of cases of anaphylactic children — compared to 85% with the older guidance.

In its most direct statement on transgender care, the Biden administration said it opposes gender-affirming surgery for minors, The New York Times reported June 28. 

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth has raked in savings north of $62 million by improving patient flow and infusing systems with artificial intelligence.

After patients undergo foot surgery at the University of Florida Health, they're given a Bluetooth device to wear their body or in their shoes. If people put too much weight on their recovering feet, the sensor immediately alerts patients and their physicians. 

After an older person falls, even if they appear all right, they may still be at risk of delayed intracranial hemorrhaging — or post-injury brain bleeding. But, the rate at which these incidents actually occur may be lower than originally estimated, according to a study from Boca Raton-based Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Medicine.

In January, Lawrence + Memorial and Westerly (Conn.) established a weekly huddle between nurse leaders and other departments to help improve communication and reduce potential harm. 

Two California hospitals are in the spotlight after they were cited for issues related to care by certified registered nurse anesthetists — adding fuel to an ongoing debate over physician and advanced practitioner care, The Modesto Bee reported June 24.

In the first half of 2024, six systems have performed first-of-its-kind procedures and clinical treatments.

North Carolina and New York are among states weighing bans on public mask wearing amid heightened tension surrounding protests on the Israel-Hamas conflict. While lawmakers say such measures wouldn't target medical mask wearing, critics are skeptical about the practicality of a health exception, The Washington Post reported June 24.

A 28-year-old patient stayed awake during an entire kidney transplant surgery at Northwestern Medicine, and he was discharged the next day. 

A multi-disciplinary team of experts at Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn., recently performed a surgical procedure known as "Jaw in a Day." The procedure was performed in partnership with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and involved the removal of a tumor from a patient's face and full jaw reconstruction on the same day. 

After auditing 23 surgical cases, researchers found that hand-offs happened in 82.6% of cases, but only 34.4% of critical information was communicated through the exchange. A new surgical hand-off process for operating room staff, dubbed "SHRIMPS" could be the solution, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

The cost to equip emergency departments with the appropriate resources to safely care for children is minimal but can significantly improve survival rates, according to a study published June 3 in the Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open. 

Central Vermont Medical Center, part of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health, will now require everyone who enters the emergency department, including staff, to pass through a medical detector. The hospital has also implemented a clear bag policy. 

Medical experts are voicing safety concerns over a new Florida law that allows physicians to perform cesarean sections outside of hospitals, The New York Times reported June 15.