Nearly 120,000 people contracted bloodstream staph infections in the United States in 2017, most of them in health care facilities – and nearly 20,000 died. Progress against the most dangerous antibiotic-resistant staph infections in hospitals stalled after dropping an average of about 17 percent per year from 2005 to 2013, according to data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A patient climbed into a drop ceiling of an emergency room bathroom, then fell and became trapped in a wall at West Chester Hospital Sunday afternoon, fire officials said. Once in the drop ceiling, the man breached a fire wall and dropped to the floor behind an ER hallway wall, according to a West Chester Fire Department report.
Companies and organizations tied to health-care accreditation have offered differing views on whether the Trump administration should establish new rules or guidance to curb potential conflicts of interest in the industry, ahead of a possible action later this year.
Nashville healthcare providers, community leaders and government officials are proposing a new system for caring for indigent patients. The proposal envisions a network of care by providers across the city with Nashville General Hospital serving as a hub.
The debate over drug pricing has featured complicated arguments over profit, innovation, and fairness. At the end of the day, it’s all about patients being able to afford medicine—and Monday brought one of the biggest victories yet on that front.
PENN YAN, N.Y. — For a generation of Mennonite women, Elizabeth Catlin was integral to the most joyous occasions of their lives: the births of their children.