The last thing that should be on the mind of a woman going into labor is whether her weekend, holiday, or nighttime delivery is putting her and her baby at a greater risk of negative health outcomes.
In the 2018–2019 season there were up to 43 million cases of the flu, resulting in about 20 million medical clinic visits, 647,000 hospitalizations, and 61,200 deaths.
After a CMS survey last summer resulted in a finding of Immediate Jeopardy, University of Minnesota Health (M Health) was able to quickly develop and implement a new system to bolster its response to patient harm incidents.
Healthcare institutions large and small can be left black and blue by a cyberattack. Larger institutions have more patients and thus have more user health records that attackers can compromise. Smaller institutions, on the other hand, may not have the financial resources to protect themselves...
Multiple violations of injection safety and infection prevention practices contributed to a 2017 outbreak of septic arthritis at a New Jersey outpatient facility