Despite decades of calls for more attention to patient safety in hospitals, people undergoing surgery still have high rates of complications and medical errors, a new study finds. More than a third of ...

With the inflation of prescriptions for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Wegovy, physicians began seeing a startling amount of regurgitation and aspiration in ...

# Response rates were calculated by provider type without sub-analysis in the categories "anesthesiologists" and "surgeons". The group of "perioperative nursing/scrub techs" included CRNAs (certified ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LiveData, a surgical capacity optimization solution company, today announced that it will demonstrate LiveData OR-Dashboard™ with Active Time Out®, the company’s ...

Research results suggest patient participation in surgical site marking may not be reliable or helpful in decreasing the chances of wrong-site surgery, according to a study published in the Journal of ...

Share on Pinterest Healthgrades’ Patient Safety Excellence Awards recognize hospitals in the top 10% in the nation for patient safety. andresr/Getty Images Healthgrades recently announced the ...

Maria Hicinbothem enhances patient safety in dermatology by improving infection prevention and pre-surgery processes, earning recognition for her patient advocacy and education efforts. Wandaris Ortiz ...

A Tennessee bill, HB1952/SB2076, would allow optometrists to perform laser surgeries and eye injections. Ophthalmologists are medical doctors with over 17,000 hours of surgical training, while ...

To combat rising surgical errors, the Kerala government has launched a new surgical protocol for all hospitals. The ...

The sudden death of Kalangala Woman MP Hellen Nakimuli on April 19, following a uterine fibroid removal surgery at Alexandra ...

Bariatric surgery is more effective for Type 2 diabetes patients than medical and lifestyle interventions, including GLP-1 use, according to a clinical trial among four health systems. Between 96 ...