An outbreak of a serious type of pneumonia has been linked to so-called heater-cooler units used to control body temperature during surgery at a Seattle area hospital. The discovery at the University of Washington Medical Center came during an…
Computerized health systems that were supposed to save physicians time and stress are instead helping fuel doctor burnout, research shows. “The clerical burden associated with electronic health records has been a major contributing factor to physician burnout, with computerized physician…
By Zhai Yun Tan | KHN.org It was a fourth of July weekend but Sharon O’ Brien, an intensive care physician, was not celebrating. A medical error earlier landed a patient in her ICU. The patient eventually died — and she had…
Rural hospitals are facing the risk of closure due to pressure from the rising costs of mounting regulations and declining populations. Since 2010, 76 rural hospitals have closed, according to the Deseret News. “There’s no smoking gun. It’s just a…
