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
Ditch Sterile Gloves When Treating Wounds? Meta-analysis suggests nonsterile ones may work just as well in certain settings Dec 14, 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
What's Going on at Mission Health? Physicians pen letters, narrowly vote against bylaws that would have silenced them 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
CDC Launches Initiative to Tackle Burnout in Healthcare Not a "Band-Aid," but a systems approach, says NIOSH program director Nov 03, 2023
From New Pandemic Resident to Union Advocate "There weren't enough people who were healthy and available to come in to work" Oct 20, 2023 podcast
Overdoing Blood Transfusions? JAMA Special Issue Shines a Light Also includes two negative trials in hemorrhage control Oct 12, 2023
'Con Man' Gets Another Top Hospital Job, This Time at Penn Medicine Story points to major gaps in how hospitals check applicants' backgrounds Sep 21, 2023
Rural Hospital Turns to GoFundMe to Stay Afloat "Lives will be lost" if Pennsylvania facility closes, CEO says in crowdfunding campaign Sep 12, 2023
CDC Issues Sepsis Care Guidance for Hospitals Every hospital can strengthen the quality of care delivered to these patients, says CDC director Aug 24, 2023
In Maui, the Need for Medical Resources Continues HHS has deployed mortuary resources, while locals note the need for commonly used meds Aug 17, 2023
Allina Doctors File to Unionize Group of more than 550 clinicians could create largest private-sector union in the country Aug 17, 2023
AI Beat Clinicians at Figuring Out Difficult Diagnoses GPT-4 may help with diagnoses that have been missed by clinicians, study author says Aug 14, 2023
U.S. News Releases 'Best Hospitals' Rankings Amid Changes This year's Honor Roll no longer includes numerical rankings Aug 01, 2023
APP Is Latest Physician Staffing Firm to Fold It follows Envision, and physicians consider further consequences of difficult market Jul 20, 2023
TeamHealth Emergency Docs, Nurses in Detroit Vote to Unionize 31 counted ballots were all in favor of unionization Jul 17, 2023
Video Laryngoscopy Wins for Tracheal Intubation on the First Try DEVICE trial finds higher success rates versus direct laryngoscope in the critically ill Jun 16, 2023
No Surprises Act Ruined 'Secret Sauce' of Envision, Expert Says Law spurred on firm's unraveling, led to its bankruptcy, according to healthcare economist Jun 16, 2023
Raw Humanity on Night Float: Inspiring Patient Encounters and Overcoming Challenges Memorable stories from night rotations as a resident Jun 03, 2023
Are Health Outcomes Any Different With MDs vs DOs? Observational study suggests no important differences for patient mortality in the hospital May 30, 2023
Penn Medicine Residents Vote to Unionize 88% of residents and fellows voted in favor of the union May 09, 2023
You're Ready for Your Patient to Leave the Hospital. But Are They Ready? Discharge must be a coordinated effort by the healthcare team May 06, 2023
Feds Probe Hospitals Accused of Denying Emergency Abortion Care State laws may have changed, but federal EMTALA requirements have not, says HHS secretary May 02, 2023
Return of 3-Day Rule Will Stress Crowded Hospitals Further Groups call for the 57-year-old policy to be abolished Apr 26, 2023
Fired Hospital Admin's Story Reveals Flaws in Healthcare Hiring Under pressure to fill vacancies, healthcare facilities may be even more vulnerable Apr 20, 2023
Doctor's Ashes Launched Into Space John Darby, MD, had a lifelong love of aviation, aerospace, and astronomy Apr 19, 2023
Does Your OR Have a Black Box? TikTok Drug Influencers; Clashes at Online Journal This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 22, 2023
Hackers Post Patient Photos on Dark Web At least three patient images stolen from Pennsylvania health system have appeared online Mar 13, 2023
Star Surgeon, UPMC Will Pay $8.5M to Settle Concurrent Surgeries Lawsuit Feds alleged surgeon performed as many as three complex surgeries at the same time Mar 01, 2023
New Guidance Targets Infection Hazards in Fingernails, Sinks, Excessive Hand-Washing Update based on new evidence on ways that various pathogens can spread in healthcare settings Feb 10, 2023
What Doctors Should Know About Xylazine in Fentanyl Naloxone still works but additional support may be needed; wound care a challenge Feb 01, 2023
AAP Guidance Details 'Unique and Essential Needs' for Hospitalized Teens First-of-its-kind policy statement says adolescent needs differ from younger inpatients Jan 23, 2023
Involve Anesthesiologists in Procedural Suite Design? Accommodating anesthesiologists' needs could make an impact on patient safety, experts say Jan 13, 2023
Anesthesia Outside of the OR: Cause for Patient Safety Concerns? Studies have shown harms for non-OR anesthesia (NORA); experts say changes are needed Jan 13, 2023
Damar Hamlin's Cardiac Arrest: A Cardiologist's Perspective Commotio cordis has rarely been described as the result of a tackle in football Jan 03, 2023 video
Despite Rising Violence Against Healthcare Workers, Legislative Fixes Have Stalled During a 3-month period this year, 57 nurses were assaulted on average each day Dec 30, 2022
Are U.S. Healthcare Workers Better Off Unionized? Study finds higher earnings and benefits, but unionization still stalled Dec 28, 2022
Physician Wants Hospital CEO Pay Capped at $800K Call follows executive pay scandal at Cleveland health system Dec 28, 2022
