Pre-hospital logistics can make or break opportunities for endovascular thrombectomy and thrombolytics in acute ischemic stroke, so regional networks need reworking to get the right patients to the right hospitals in the right time, Joseph Broderick, MD, argues in this video.
Stroke patients who require rehabilitation following hospitalization should be discharged to in-patient rehab centers and not skilled nursing facilities,, according to guidelines issued Wednesday by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
America's opioid epidemic has had far-reaching and generally devastating consequences. Now, the impact is being seen in organ donations. Coinciding with a rise in drug-related deaths, the number of organ donors who died of drug overdoses has sharply increased in recent years. The increase in organ transplants from drug overdose victims may raise questions about safety. But organ transplants from drug users have been deemed acceptable for decades.
The ECRI Institute, which recently released its third annual ranking of the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations, reported that patient identification errors and inadequate management of behavioral health issues in non-behavioral health settings were its No. 2 and No. 3 issues for health care organizations.
Temple University launched a new "Baby Box" distribution program Friday morning in the lobby of the hospital in Philadelphia. The "Baby Box" is dedicated to new mothers in an effort to promote safe newborn sleep and is one of the first distribution programs like this in the country, according to Medical Director of the Well Baby Nursery at TUH Megan Heere. There are roughly 3,000 births a year at Temple, according to Heere, and as of May 1, mothers will be given a baby box at the hospital.
"Like the vast majority of U.S. health care providers, Cancer Treatment Centers of America has found it necessary to make certain organizational and staffing changes to align with the reality of the emerging health care economy," the hospital system said in a statement.