Recent Medicaid policy changes will result in 1,484 additional deaths and nearly 100,000 preventable hospitalizations per year, according to a study published July 16 in JAMA Health Forum. Two weeks before President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill…
Patient Safety & Outcomes
Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare will receive the American Hospital Association’s 2025 Quest for Quality Prize during the upcoming AHA Leadership Summit in Nashville. The Quest for Quality Prize honors organizations that have shown innovation in improving care quality, according to a…
On July 11, Arizona state officials confirmed a resident of Coconino County has died from pneumonic plague, the first recorded death from the severe infection since 2007, according to a news release from the county government. The person died at…
Potosi, Mo.-based Washington County Memorial Hospital had to evacuate patients after a mechanical failure caused the hospital’s laboratory to fill with smoke, First Alert 4 reported July 13. On July 13 around 11 a.m., a motor on a machine on…
A study led by Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic found that patient violence often begins in out-of-hospital settings and continues into the ED and other inpatient units. The study, published June 18 in Annals of Emergency Medicine, analyzed 206 out-of-hospital, 868…
Advertisement
Some patients are delaying or avoiding care because they fear Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in medical settings, CBS News reported July 8. In January, the federal government rescinded guidelines limiting enforcement actions in or near designated “sensitive” areas, such…
Middlesex (Conn.) Hospital has submitted corrective action plans following a patient death linked by the state to failures in monitoring abnormal vital signs and policy violations, the Hartford Courant reported July 8. According to the Connecticut Department of Public Health, …
Emergency departments across the U.S. are reporting a sharp rise in tick bite cases, with July marking the highest number of visits since 2017, according to recent data from the CDC, ABC News reported. Young children and older adults are…
U.S. children have an almost two times higher risk of death compared to children from other high-income nations, according to a study published July 7 in JAMA. Researchers analyzed mortality statistics, survey responses and EHR data to identify how the…
Hospital leaders are constantly looking for ways to improve efficiency and care at their facilities. Although many of these projects are large programs or workflow changes, there are many small initiatives that have an outsized impact. Becker’s asked four leaders…