It's Loud and Clear: Unwanted Noise in Medical Facilities Is a Hazard The right soundscape can benefit patients and providers alike Dec 17, 2021
Nurse Who Got First COVID Shot in the U.S. Pushes for Greater Uptake A year later, Sandra Lindsay strives to sway "folks who are on the fence" about vaccination Dec 13, 2021
Hospital Dumps Doc Who Took COVID Patient Off FDA-Approved Antiviral John Witcher, MD, stopped remdesivir in three patients and switched them to ivermectin Dec 10, 2021
Beware Flu and COVID Vax Mix-Ups and Other Medication Errors Medication safety group previews new best practices for next year Dec 09, 2021
Despite Pandemic Spotlight, Infectious Disease Not a Sought-After Specialty Specialty has long struggled to fill fellowship training positions Dec 09, 2021
Hospitals in the Midwest Face New COVID Surge Amid increasing Delta cases, staffing is down, and Omicron looms Dec 09, 2021
Black Women Most at Risk for Post-Surgical Lymphedema Black women seemed to have triple the odds of swelling after axillary lymph node dissection Dec 08, 2021
TROP2-Directed ADC Promising in Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Datopotamab deruxtecan turns in solid phase I results Dec 08, 2021
Women Physicians Earn $2 Million Less Over Their Careers Than Men Pay gap emerges early in career course and persists for decades Dec 07, 2021
In First 'Best Hospitals for Maternity' List, Not All States Have High Performers While eight states had 10 or more top-rated facilities, nine states had none Dec 07, 2021
Hospitals Confront New Accreditation Standards to Come Small, rural sites may be uniquely affected by Joint Commission standards expected in 2022 Dec 06, 2021
States Didn't Follow CDC Recs to Prioritize COVID Vaccine for Cancer Patients Only 17 states gave cancer patients the same immunization priority as those ages 65-74 Dec 02, 2021
Head Trauma Patients on Blood Thinners Need Surveillance Delayed intracranial bleeding observed in patients Dec 01, 2021
Brain Changes Found in Fetuses of Alcohol-Using Moms Differences seen in two areas when compared with brains of non-drinking mothers Dec 01, 2021
Doctor's Ivermectin Fight With Hospital Continues On Judge allows one of Paul Marik's claims to proceed Nov 30, 2021
Is Healthcare's Glass Ceiling Starting to Crack? Real progress seen for women in HHS; less so in private sector, but some signs of improvement Nov 30, 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
Bentracimab on Point as Fast-Acting Ticagrelor Reversal Agent "Immediate and sustained" benefit, interim REVERSE-IT analysis found Nov 17, 2021
Doctor Sues Hospital Over Ivermectin Ban Amid Journal Article Retraction Virginia hospital took issue with article co-authored by Paul Marik, MD Nov 17, 2021
Hospitalized Acute HF Patients See Clinical Benefits With Empagliflozin EMPULSE results support early start for the SGLT2 inhibitor, but more data needed, expert says Nov 16, 2021
PALACS: A Win for Posterior Left Pericardiotomy for Post-Op Afib Trial offers good news for patients getting coronary, aortic valve, and aortic surgeries Nov 14, 2021
Early CABG After Stopping Ticagrelor is Possible -- But is It Ready for Prime-Time? RAPID CABG shows non-inferority of shorter wait; expert advises caution for real-world practice Nov 13, 2021
Pecans Appeared to Help Control Lipids in At-Risk Patients Fasting and post-meal cholesterol showed improvement, study found Nov 10, 2021
Health-Sharing Plans Cut From Kansas Hospital Regulators in other states have also started turning their attention to these programs Nov 08, 2021
Sleep Timing Tied to Development of Excess Fat in Kids Children with earlier wake times, sleep midpoints saw greater gains in fat mass Nov 07, 2021
Diet, Exercise, and CGM? Study Questions Sugar Monitoring for Weight Loss Device serves up "potentially negligble" benefits for people without diabetes Nov 06, 2021
Is ERAS Glitch Impeding Residency Interviews? Several students are missing letters of recommendation, but AAMC calls reports "unsubstantiated" Nov 05, 2021
Doctor Shadows a Prosthetist: Day in the Life Follow YouTuber Siobhan Deshauer, MD, as she learns how prosthetics are made Nov 04, 2021
Is Essential Patient Information Lost in Translation? Consistent assessment for translator needs promotes patient safety Nov 04, 2021
Words Matter to People Who Are Overweight New policy statement pushes "people-first" language rather than disease-first Nov 03, 2021
Head Trauma Guidelines Often Abandoned for Young Patients in the ED "There's a lot of room for improvement," researcher says Oct 29, 2021
Pathologists Consider 'Workaround' So Patients Don't Freak Out Over EHR Bad News Doctors worry patients will misconstrue language or be psychologically harmed without guidance Oct 28, 2021
$22K for 10 Stitches, a Year and a Half Later Despite impending regulations, surprise billing still happens Oct 28, 2021
Seeing Evil, but Still Not Speaking of It ED workers quietly absorb verbal and physical violence, study finds Oct 27, 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
Too Many TAVR Centers Are Clustered Around Well-to-Do Communities More centers not the answer to geographic, socioeconomic disparities in access? Oct 22, 2021
The 10 Most Haunted Hospitals in America Former nursing home, TB hospital, and psychiatric facilities round out the list Oct 22, 2021
Montana Officials Threaten Docs for Not Providing Ivermectin, Hospital Says At least three high-ranking state officials have been implicated so far Oct 21, 2021