It Takes a Lot to Gross Out Healthcare Workers Small study showed less "disgust" among care home workers compared with controls Jan 09, 2024
Advanced Practice Providers Push to Unionize in Oregon OHSU group concerned that profits are taking precedence over providers and patients Jan 08, 2024
Diagnostic Errors Common in Hospital Deaths, ICU Transfers, Study Suggests Mistakes were driven by patient assessment, testing, and often led to harm or death Jan 08, 2024
2023 Called 'Pivotal' for Healthcare Price Transparency More than 90% of hospitals have posted machine-readable files of price information to their sites Jan 04, 2024
More Hospital Mask Mandates; Ear Wax Cleaning Cameras; Twins Born in Different Years Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Jan 04, 2024
Inpatient COVID-19 Costs Substantially Outpaced Medical Inflation Hospital costs to treat COVID-19 estimated at a staggering $70 billion Jan 03, 2024
Hospitals Often Failed to Switch From IV to Oral Antibiotics in Eligible Patients Study shows only 43% of patients with gram-negative bloodstream infections were transitioned Jan 02, 2024
Nonprofit Hospital Boards on the Firing Line Many have not been focused enough on their mission to serve their communities Jan 02, 2024
Hospital Deaths Investigated; Price Hikes for 500 Drugs; Mushroom Poisonings Rise Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Jan 02, 2024
Mortality Reaches 20% for Hospitalized Patients With High-Risk Pulmonary Embolism Worst outcomes for patients with hemodynamic collapse Jan 01, 2024
A Seat at the Table: Physicians Have Been Unionizing in Droves Efforts have been made by seasoned physicians, as well as residents and fellows Dec 29, 2023
Prenatal Fentanyl Exposure Suspected in Novel Syndrome Causality has yet to be determined for what resembles Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome Dec 29, 2023
Medicare Cuts Beg the Question: Do Doctors Know How to Make 'Good Trouble'? The health of American healthcare may depend on physicians taking it to the streets Dec 27, 2023 video
Hospital Complications Rise After Private Equity Buyout Medicare data point to additional reason for concern Dec 26, 2023
Scripps Clinic Must Pay Almost $7M to Older Docs in Age Bias Case California allows medical groups to force retirement at age 70, but it's against federal law Dec 21, 2023
Youth Death Rallies Anti-Vaxers; Insurers Hire After Malpractice; Bad Doc Ignored? This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 20, 2023
Explanations Don't Help Clinicians Spot Biased AI Biased AI predictions tanked diagnostic accuracy, and model explanations didn't bring it back up Dec 19, 2023
Four Benefits of Including Physicians in Healthcare Design Insights from medical training and experience can improve the built environment Dec 19, 2023
Maternal Flu Shot Protects Infants Against Severe Disease Vaccine effectiveness was better when mom was vaccinated during third trimester Dec 19, 2023
Is There No High-Touch Surface in Hospitals Free of Microbial Contamination? Sorry, your precious break room coffeemaker is covered with it -- but regular cleaning helps Dec 18, 2023
How to Prevent Violence Against Healthcare Workers "We have to tell our stories, because this has to be a priority," emergency physician says Dec 15, 2023 video
Ditch Sterile Gloves When Treating Wounds? Meta-analysis suggests nonsterile ones may work just as well in certain settings Dec 14, 2023
How Violence Has Become the Status Quo in the Emergency Department "My patient actually tried to strangle me with my stethoscope," nurse reveals Dec 14, 2023 video
Baby Delivered From Rare Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy Both the mother and neonate survived, making the case extra rare Dec 13, 2023
Nurse Wins $41M Retaliation Suit; Patients Worry About AI Use; Who Should Get CPR? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Dec 13, 2023
Nurses, Resident Slashed; Deadly Tick Disease Outbreak; COVID Vax After Infection Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 鶹ý staff Dec 11, 2023
Transplant Advocates Sound Alarm Over Proposed Medicare Test Coverage Policy Proposed rules would decrease early detection of organ rejection, they say Dec 06, 2023
See Which States Have the Most High-Performing Hospitals for Maternity Care Top state had 63 high-performing hospitals, according to annual U.S. News list Dec 05, 2023
Early Surgery for Kids' Mild Sleep Apnea Doesn't Boost Executive Function Other outcomes like blood pressure levels, however, were better than with watchful waiting Dec 05, 2023
RaDonda Vaught Loses Appeal to Get Her Nursing License Back Tennessee court rejects former nurse's appeal to overturn nursing board's 2021 decision Dec 05, 2023
Northwestern Medicine Residents Latest to Seek Union Status "This is about having a seat at the table," says ob/gyn resident Dec 04, 2023
IG Live December 6: Code Gray! Responding to Violence in Healthcare Experts discuss how to create a safer workplace Dec 04, 2023
Safer to Hold Off on Intubating Comatose, Intoxicated Patients, Trial Finds French centers showed faster discharge, fewer adverse events Nov 29, 2023
CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Leaves Us Unprotected The guidelines will lead to unnecessary infections and deaths if approved Nov 29, 2023
Medical Staff Credentialing Case Heads to New Jersey Supreme Court Neurosurgery practice claims hospital skipped due process to orchestrate its ouster Nov 28, 2023
Hospitals Say Some Medicare Advantage Plans Are Skirting CMS Rules Groups lament stress to enrollees and billions in hospital losses from coverage delays, denials Nov 27, 2023
Handguns From Home Account for Most Adolescent School Shootings Study of school shootings up to 2016 finds high-powered guns less commonly used by youths Nov 27, 2023
What's Going on at Mission Health? Physicians pen letters, narrowly vote against bylaws that would have silenced them Nov 22, 2023
Devastating Medication Error; FDA's Recall Weakness; Insurers Break State Laws This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 22, 2023
A Medical Student, a Dying JFK, and ‘Destiny’: What a Young Doctor Saw 60 Years Ago A look back at a conversation with one of the last surviving witnesses from Trauma Room One Nov 22, 2023
