Small, Rural Hospitals Provide a Lower Quality of Care: Study
2011-07-05
Still, these hospitals are vital in making sure rural Americans can quickly access emergency careContinue Reading
Medical Futility Trend Seen in Neonatal Deaths
2011-07-05
Infants’ ‘peace’ led to withholding, withdrawal of life support in NICUs, study findsContinue Reading
More Than 200,000 Suffer Cardiac Arrest in Hospitals Annually
2011-07-01
A major cause of death inside hospitals, study findsContinue Reading
Delaying Intravenous Feeding of ICU Patients May Aid Recovery
2011-06-29
European researchers report holding off a week helps speed up hospital dischargeContinue Reading
Program Shrinks Time-to-Treatment for Heart Attack: Study
2011-06-28
In North Carolina, statewide coordination sped up lifesaving hospital transfers, researchers sayContinue Reading
Hospitals in U.S. Territories Have Higher Death Rates: Study
2011-06-27
Researcher says these territories have been largely neglected in efforts to reduce disparitiesContinue Reading
Study Finds 'Inconsistent' Care for Pregnant Women With Depression
2011-06-25
These patients often have longer hospital stays than non-depressed moms-to-beContinue Reading
Hospital Delays Tied to Racial Divide in Heart Attack Care
2011-06-23
Black Americans tend to go to centers that take longer to transfer patients for treatment, study findsContinue Reading
Delays in Hospital Transfers for Heart Attack Patients May Raise Death Risk
2011-06-21
Study stresses the need to get to centers that can clear blockages quicklyContinue Reading
Most Medicare Patients With Cancer Get Good Surgical Care: Study
2011-06-20
Nine out of 10 hospitals stuck to best-practices guidelines, researchers sayContinue Reading
Kids With Minor Head Injury May Not Need Hospitalization
2011-06-17
OK to discharge most children with normal CT scan after minor blunt trauma, study suggestsContinue Reading
'Glowing Hands' Gel Shows Kids Where Dirt, Germs Linger
2011-06-17
It helped improve children’s handwashing techniques, study saysContinue Reading
Rushed Discharge After Weight-Loss Surgery May Raise Risks
2011-06-15
Complications, deaths far more likely in patients sent home on same day as gastric bypass, study findsContinue Reading
Study Finds Equal Number of Errors in Hospitals, Doctors' Offices
2011-06-14
Expert urges better coordination between physicians through electronic recordsContinue Reading