A report by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare reveals the details of multiple patient safety issues including delayed treatment, failures to provide timely care and other errors that caused the ...

Advocates for AI have say harnessing the technology to assist in early detection, diagnosis, treatment plan development and patient communication has the potential to make healthcare more accurate and ...

Hospital care helps patients recover from serious illness and injury but, all too often, patients can also be harmed by it. In 2010, our office, the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department ...

The effectiveness of modern drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro has helped revolutionize weight loss and the health issues that come along with obesity. But as with any drug, the number of side effects ...

After an HCA Healthcare hospital discovered fractures on four infant patients in 2023, the Virginia health department found reporting deficiencies, and in 2024, three more infants had similar ...

A rise in patient acuity over the next decade will create an even greater strain on hospitals’ resources, according to a report released Tuesday by Vizient and its subsidiary Sg2. Acuity is defined as ...

Efforts to improve patient experience have risen on the priority lists of some hospital and health system C-suites, according to a report from Sage Growth Partners. The consulting firm surveyed more ...

A new Leapfrog Group report reviewing nationwide patient experience surveys suggests hospitals have room for improvement when discussing medicines and the transition to home care. The findings—which ...

Hospitals are finding it harder to place patients into post-acute care settings, a new report finds. The report was put together by WellSky, a health tech company, based on data from CarePort, its ...

Bernard H. Bochner, MD, FACS, Urologic Surgeon, Sir Murray F. Brennan Chair in Surgery, in discussion with a patient. A large cohort of patients with high-risk bladder cancer who underwent radical ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General released a report Friday which found that leaders at the VA Western New York Healthcare System in Buffalo ...

Ponce Inlet terminated one of its paramedics after an investigation found he confessed to coworkers that his negligence led to the death of some patients. The city requested DSK Law conduct the ...