patient safety

Some 25,000 Americans depend on IVs containing life-sustaining nutrition. Hurricane Helene wrecked a factory in North Carolina that produced 60% of the fluids. Then, CVS closed its infusion business. Shortages and rationing ensued.

Some pumps used in end-stage heart failure caused a buildup of biological material that blocks blood flow from the device to the heart’s aorta. The FDA’s recall affects nearly 14,000 devices.

Doctors, consumer advocates, and some lawmakers are looking forward to a California lawsuit against private equity-backed Envision Healthcare. The case is part of a multistate effort to enforce rules banning corporate ownership of physician practices.

Policies mandating company approval before talking publicly about conditions in hospitals have been a source of conflict. An appeals court decision could lead to a change in those policies.

Would-be patients would have the benefit of knowing whether health care providers working at hospitals and outpatient surgery centers go to their own...

The federal government is penalizing 758 hospitals with higher rates of patient safety incidents, and more than half of those places had also been fined...

When multiple sclerosis patient Meesha Cook suffers a seizure, she doesn’t get to decide where she’ll go for treatment. If the Brevard County resident...

Officer Richard Walter looked out the window of his patrol car and saw two young men trading punches outside Sutter’s Saloon. It was 2 a.m. on what...

In February 2012, LaVerne Stiles went to Citrus Memorial Hospital near her home in Central Florida for what should have been a routine surgery. The...

Florida’s tough new safety rule for medical-office surgery, years in the making, has been delayed at the last minute by an outcry from obstetrician...