Tag: Hospitals
Stroke Certification Less Likely in the Most Disadvantaged Communities
Hospitals located in most disadvantaged communities least likely to have adoption of any stroke certification
Women Undergoing CABG More Likely to Get Care at Low-Quality Hospitals
More than fourfold higher mortality seen for women receiving CABG at low-quality hospitals than men at high-quality hospitals
CDC Warns of Shortage of Bottles Needed for Crucial Blood Tests
Hospital-Onset SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Omicron Linked to Morbidity
Hospital-onset SARS-CoV-2 remained associated with increased morbidity and mortality during omicron era
Thousands of Hospital Patients in Oregon May Have Been Exposed to Hepatitis, HIV
In-Hospital Delirium Increases Risk for Functional Disability, Cognitive Impairment
Findings seen among older adults in the six months following a COVID-19 hospitalization
Substituting Lower-Wage Staff for Registered Nurses Tied to Worse Outcomes
Harms include avoidable patient deaths, readmissions, longer lengths of stay, excess Medicare costs and forgone cost savings
Hospital Nursing Resources Tied to COVID-19 Survival
Findings for both in-hospital death and 30-day postdischarge mortality
CMS Hospital Star Ratings Offer Limited Measure of Surgical Quality
Star rating linked to postop mortality, serious complications, readmissions, but wide variation in outcomes within each star rating group
Machine Translations Similar to Professionals for Spanish, Portuguese Discharge Instructions
Google Translate and ChatGPT demonstrated similar domain-level ratings to professional translations for discharge instructions for pediatric conditions
