Vital Signs: Lax Catheter Policies Seen at Many Hospitals
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Despite the well-established danger from urinary catheters, a new study finds that hospitals are doing very little to reduce the risks of infection.
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DALLAS -- An emergency room might be the last place you'd think would have do-it-yourself check-in. But Parkland Memorial Hospital has three self-service computer kiosks, similar to those used by airport passengers and hotel guests. And so do a handful of other hospital ERs, where the long wait i...
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The U.S. government posted mortality data on Thursday for the nation's thousands of hospitals for heart attacks and heart failure, in an effort to shed light on which hospitals provide the best care.
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Fifty-three percent of Massachusetts hospitals lost money on operations during the first six months of fiscal 2004, according to a Massachusetts Hospital Association survey. The lobbying group, which surveys its members' financial health yearly, found that, on average, hospitals posted slight losses on operations, but more than made that up on investments and from philanthropy. Operating margins improved slightly from ...
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Infections acquired in hospitals, which take a heavy toll on patients, arise mainly from poor hygiene in hospital procedures, not from how sick patients were when they were admitted, according to three new studies.
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NEW YORK  - A substantial number of  "adverse events" -- many of which could have been prevented --  affect children in hospitals each year, according to a new  study.
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At some point in life every American enters through the doors of a hospital. Health care is a connection that can&#39;t be avoided which makes it a crucial issue in the presidential campaign.
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(WebMD) New data show that patients get vastly different levels of care at the nation&#39;s teaching hospitals and that top institutions offering more intensive and expensive health care often don&#39;t achieve better results.
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Patients aren&#39;t getting the clot-busting treatment they need on time, a study says. TORONTO -- Emergency room overcrowding is standing between heart attack patients and the clot-busting drugs they need to
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The nationâs most common cardiac malfunction, once thought harmless, is now treated with costly procedures.
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PORTLAND, Maine - Whether its blue or spotted or stripped, the standard issue hospital gown is drafty and revealing. It's embarrassing for just about anyone who's spent a night in a medical center...
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For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government has released a list of hospitals where heart patients are most likely to die.
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Greater Southeast Community Hospital no longer has to pay cash, in advance, for drugs and supplies. Its operating rooms soon will have gleaming stainless-steel tables, not ones marred by rust.
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At St. Luke's Hospital, each of the 14 new neurology intensive care rooms has a feature that's becoming standard in the health care industry: a patient lift system that can handle up to 600 pounds.
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NEW YORK  - Much of the racial and ethnic  differences in the care given to patients hospitalized with a  heart attack can be explained by the quality of the hospital to  which patients are admitted, rather than racial bias, a new  study indicates.
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At least five Montreal hospitals are flouting infection-control guidelines by sticking patients sick with deadly C. difficile diarrhea in rooms with uninfected patients.
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Hospitals accused of keeping thousands of seriously ill patients in 'holding patterns'