Who is operating on you during a cesarean birth? At teaching hospitals, the answer often includes a resident physician. A new study suggests that involvement
Software may decide how many nurses care for you tonight. Nurses are pushing back. Staffing is a patient safety issue. When a unit has too
A hospital doesn’t just have to provide good care once a patient walks in. It has to be reachable in the first place. Distance is
We have been told for decades that hospital mergers are good for the consumer. That larger systems can leverage their scale to negotiate better prices
Sepsis in children rarely announces itself. A fever, fast breathing, a child who seems “just off” — these signs can mimic a dozen ordinary illnesses.
Imagine two identical twins — same DNA, same upbringing, same everything on paper. Somehow, only one develops cancer. Geneticists don’t have a clean answer for
Imagine if someone could tell whether your loved one has sepsis merely by looking at the palm of their hand? Or at least using a
Engineers just did something obstetricians couldn’t. A pregnant body develops tremendous stress during labor. Perhaps better understanding these stressors can lead to better outcomes in
Heart failure is a global health problem, but how it is defined, diagnosed, and classified has not always been consistent. Differences in terminology and diagnostic
Cancer isn’t waiting for you to hit 50. It’s coming younger, faster, and quieter than ever. A new report from KFF Health News found more