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Trans individuals' ER visits more likely to result in admittance: Report
Transgender individuals' emergency department visits are 52.4 percent more likely to result in hospital admittance, and they are often more ill when they show up to ERs than their cisgender counterparts, according to researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. -
Patient shoots self in Florida hospital
A patient suffered a nonfatal self-inflicted firearm injury in HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce on June 14, according to local authorities. -
Probe into California hospital unearths patient safety concerns
Investigators from the California Department of Public Health unearthed several patient safety concerns at Inglewood, Calif.-based Centinela Hospital Medical Center, the Los Angeles Times reported June 15. -
AMA to physicians: Lessen focus on BMI
The American Medical Association is expected to release more information on a new policy that encourages physicians to focus less on body mass index when evaluating patients for obesity and overall health, ABC News reported June 14. -
Home care critical to improving SDOH: Optum's chief nursing officer
Home visits enable providers to identify and address patient needs that might not be addressed in a traditional visit to a healthcare facility, Optum Health's chief nursing officer told NEJM Catalyst in a recent discussion. -
60% of COVID patients lose smell, taste — but most recover it
Loss of smell and taste — two of the earliest known, defining COVID-19 symptoms at the pandemic's onset — are now known to be common in 60.5 percent of diagnosed cases, according to new research from Mass General Brigham published June 2 in The Laryngoscope. -
IDSA's revises clinician guidance for 4 drug-resistant pathogens
The Infectious Diseases Society of America has revised its guidance on clinician treatment of antimicrobial resistant infections. -
Joint Commission: 3 things to prioritize during surgical Time Outs
While wrong site surgeries only happen in about 1 of 112,000 surgical procedures, that one instance is what The Joint Commission hopes to help clinicians prevent. Engaging surgical staff in the Time Out safety procedure prior to first incision is vital, the organization says. -
2 more deaths confirmed in Virginia Mason bacterial outbreak
Two more individuals who contracted Klebsiella pneumoniae at Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center have died, bringing the total to nine patient deaths, the hospital said June 7. -
The link between the ED, older adult delirium risk: 3 study notes
The longer an elderly patient's emergency department stay is, the more likely they are to develop incident delirium, according to new research from the University of California, Davis. -
Transplants from organ donors who drowned linked to mold infections, higher death rates
Patients who receive organ transplants from donors who died by drowning have higher death rates due to the risk of acquiring invasive mold infections from the donor's exposure to environmental molds. -
M Health Fairview adopts patient hand off tool to improve safety
Minneapolis-based M Health Fairview is implementing a tool from I-PASS Patient Safety Institute to reduce communication breakdowns during patient handoffs. -
Calls grow for patient safety board, but industry influence may stand in the way
Patient safety advocates are urging for the creation of a "National Patient Safety Board" for the healthcare industry to better learn from and prevent medical errors, but they fear current proposals would not give such a board sufficient oversight, according to a June 5 report from KFF Health News. -
Vanderbilt's patient outcome tool reaches millionth report generation
A tool designed to collect pre-appointment health outcome information from Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center patients has just reached its millionth report after launching in 2019. -
Rare brain abscesses spiked in kids last winter, CDC finds
Rare brain abscesses in children sharply increased last winter amid a surge in respiratory infections, a June 2 CDC report shows. -
How Dartmouth Health handles violence toward staff
Last year, workplace violence was the fifth most common cause of workplace injury at Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health, and nurses were the most affected group. -
Death in gene-editing study from virus used in delivery, not CRISPR: Researchers
After an unexpected fatality in a gene-editing study for an investigative Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapy, researchers attributed the death to a virus used in delivering the drug instead of CRISPR, according to a preprint published May 30 in MedRxiv. -
3 wounded in shooting at Temple University Hospital: Police
Three people were shot outside Philadelphia-based Temple University Hospital's emergency room June 1, ABC affiliate WPVI reported. -
Weekend admissions tied to higher mortality: new study
A new analysis of more than 121 million hospital discharges found a slightly higher inpatient death rate among patients who were admitted on the weekend versus weekdays. The findings were published in the June edition of the American Journal of Medicine Open. -
Nurses allege California hospital lacks measures to prevent violence 1 year after stabbing
Last June, two nurses and a physician at Encino (Calif.) Hospital Medical Center were stabbed in the emergency department by a patient. A year later, nurses allege the hospital hasn't ramped up security measures enough to prevent such incidents from happening again, the Los Angeles Daily News reported May 31.
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