Beware Flu and COVID Vax Mix-Ups and Other Medication Errors Medication safety group previews new best practices for next year Dec 09, 2021
Study: Some Venous Catheters Safer Than Others May help settle what kind to prefer for short-term venous access Nov 29, 2021
Florida Hospitals Face Dueling Vaccine Mandate Rules The stakes are high with Medicare, Medicaid dollars at play Nov 24, 2021
Look at Patient Safety Through an Equity Lens, Expert Urges Bias can play a role in various types of diagnostic errors Oct 26, 2021
Debris and Shrapnel Eye Injuries After Massive Beirut Explosion Study highlights the need for organized ocular trauma systems, say editorialists Aug 05, 2021
American Hospital Association Joins Others in Support of COVID Vax Mandates Largest U.S.-based healthcare organization to advocate for these requirements so far Jul 22, 2021
Cardiac Surgery Recommendations Switch to Patient Blood Management Four societies outline pre- to post-op strategies to improve outcomes Jun 30, 2021
Emergency Departments Are a Dangerous Workplace Recollections "poignant and often chilling" Jun 29, 2021
Hospital Slapped With Lawsuit Over Horrifying Attack on Resident "Dr. A" was repeatedly stabbed with a lunch tray metal knife and pen as nurses hid in fear Jun 22, 2021
Physicians Are Fed Up With Inconsistent Hospital Visitation Policies Keeping strict rules in place is "anti-medicine," critical care expert says Jun 10, 2021
What Did Pre-COVID PTSD Look Like for Interns? Life-related risk factors played a key role, study found Jun 08, 2021
Investigation Pokes Holes in Idea That Smoking Cuts COVID Risks Financial conflicts of interest exposed for those who touted the "nicotine hypothesis" Jun 03, 2021
Houston Methodist Sued Over COVID Vax Mandate Employees claim policy violates federal law, sue for wrongful discharge Jun 01, 2021
Most COVID Patients Landing in Hospitals Aren't Fully Vaccinated Reports from Cleveland Clinic, other health systems starting to roll in May 13, 2021
Houston Methodist: Get Vaccinated, or Get Fired Hospital's pioneering COVID vaccine mandate now threatens termination Apr 28, 2021
Hospitals, Senior Care Systems Start to Require COVID Vax for Workers But many still prefer carrots over sticks in getting employees vaccinated Apr 09, 2021
Negligent Credentialing Suit in Iowa Could Affect Hospitals Everywhere State Supreme Court hears potential bellwether case next week Feb 09, 2021
Big Brother Intervention No Fix for Hospital Hand Hygiene Practices Device that counted each drop of hand sanitizer used was of little help Feb 08, 2021
The Next Pandemic Is Already Here Tools for stopping it are readily available, if only we agree to use them Jan 20, 2021
What Has COVID-19 Done to Child Welfare? The evidence is unclear; some see the pandemic as a chance to revamp systems toward prevention Dec 23, 2020
Mom-Infant COVID-19 Transmission Not That Common No detection of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in 95.7% in 101 newborns Oct 12, 2020
Elective Intubation Not a COVID Risk? Real-world OR measurements show it's not aerosol generating Oct 08, 2020
Teen's Death Prompts Warning on 'Benadryl Challenge' FDA tries to squelch latest stupid craze Sep 25, 2020
Not Much Progress on PPE 'Reshoring' U.S. production said to be up, but what will it take to keep it up? Sep 25, 2020
CDC: Among HCPs, Nurses Most Likely to Get COVID-19 Residential care facilities had highest proportion of infected staff Sep 24, 2020
Which Hospital Workers Face Least COVID Risk? Depends on Whom You Mask Observational study from Britain suggests risk differences but with caveats Sep 10, 2020
Bedside MRI Feasible in ICU, for COVID-19 Study showed abnormalities found without any complications from the device Sep 09, 2020
How to Rebuild Trust After COVID-19 -- and Prepare for What's Next It's a frightening time, but there is a way through Sep 09, 2020
Data Security: Telehealth's Achilles Heel? Cyberattacks on the rise, can only get worse if problems aren't fixed, experts say Sep 04, 2020
HCA Hospitals Accused of Requiring COVID-Infected Nurses to Work OSHA complaint says hospital chain allows "gravely dangerous" working conditions Aug 31, 2020
Running Low on New N95s? Reach for These Alternatives Some worked almost as well in a lab study Aug 11, 2020
Op-Ed: Is Medical Waste ... Racist? Disposal methods are threatening minority communities Jul 06, 2020
Brief Intervention Tied to Lower Repeat Suicide Attempt Interventions included provider-generated calls, coordinating follow-up care Jun 17, 2020
COVID-19 Killing African Americans at Shocking Rates Wildly disproportionate mortality highlights need to address longstanding inequities May 01, 2020
It's Always 'Safety Third' in Emergency Medicine COVID-19 or not, the first priority is patients Apr 28, 2020
Personal ECG Devices Filling in on COVID-19 Drug Monitoring Hospital reports using the devices to lower PPE use, manage telemetry shortages Apr 22, 2020
Why These Athletes Went Ahead With Their Elective Surgeries Sports medicine physicians weigh in on special treatment Apr 22, 2020
Steam Clean Checks Out for N95 Sterilization Small study affirmed efficacy, fit test through three rounds Apr 22, 2020
How Many Times Can an N95 Mask Be Sanitized and Reused? Number of safe reuses varies by decontamination method, study states Apr 15, 2020
