A new smartphone app allows clinicians to share patient photos for the purpose of aiding in tricky diagnoses.
After a major surgery, where a patient goes for care for postoperative complications had a big impact on how well they recovered. Returning to the same hospital where the surgery occurred allows for continuity of care and results in less chance of death.
A new study suggests that, for some cases of appendicitis, the best course of action may not be surgery at all. Instead, antibiotics may be enough.
Delaying diagnosis and treatment of kidney stones results in increased risk for both complications and necessary additional care
After the recent outbreaks of infection from unclean duodenoscopes in Seattle and LA, the FDA states that cleaning must be improved to keep patients safe
Clostridium Difficile (C-diff) Infections are on the rise in the United States, complicating the health of many and unfortunately killing thousands in health care facilities since 2011.
A new study calls into question whether using antimicrobial washcloths helps prevent Hospital Acquired Infections (HAIs).
The "Standard of Care" is something a jury decides, including not only evidence of how doctors in Washington state actually practice, but also what experts for both sides say is the standard.
Modern medicine has solved many problems, but it hasn’t yet solved hospital-acquired infections. Unfortunately for people harmed by such infections, it is very difficult to bring a claim for injury.
Hand-offs – patient information communicated from one provider to another – are a source of many errors that lead to patient injury. A new study and associated solution is hoping to cut those errors and increase patient safety.