Officials at USC's Keck School of Medicine report that the new County-USC Medical Center that is slated to open next month will not be able to operate safely under the current staffing level, calling it an "impending patient safety crisis." However, Los Angeles County officials say the facility will have the necessary staffing by mid-October.
A study released Thursday by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit research group in New York, shows that the U.S. spends significantly more for healthcare than other countries. It has also found, however, that the quality of this nation's healthcare system is lacking.
North Carolina lawmakers may soon implement policies requiring hospitals to report infections, which would help to meet standards that are already in place.
Hospitals in the Cincinnati region have been seeing hundreds of patients complaining of weather-related health problems following a severe windstorm last weekend. Hundreds of thousands of residents are still reportedly without electricity, prompting concern for the care of homebound patients.
Physician-hospital administrator disputes are prevalent nationwide, and are often caused by budgetary issues as well as determining who is in control. And these disputes too often put patients in the middle.
As many as 600,000 people are affected by deep vein thrombosis blood clots each year, prompting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to publish two guides recently—Your Guide to Preventing and Treating Blood Clots, and Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement.