Patients' ratings of hospitals tally with objective measures of the hospital's performance, according to an independent study published today in Archives of Internal Medicine.
Feb 13, 2012
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Adult hospitalizations from omicron-related SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) were less severe than delta and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (also known as Comirnaty and BNT162b2) remains effective in preventing not only hospitalization, ...
Dec 13, 2022
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There is a large variation in unplanned reoperation rates after colorectal surgery in English NHS hospitals, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Aug 17, 2011
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It took little more than an hour for Deborah Hackler to dispense with the tall stack of debt collection lawsuits that McAlester Regional Medical Center recently brought to small-claims court in this Oklahoma farm community.
Jan 22, 2024
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Hospital trusts are facing "eye watering" rises in their energy bills this coming winter and have warned that some patient care will have to be reduced to cope, according to an exclusive investigation published online today ...
Aug 31, 2022
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Most of the 300 doctors in training rotas exempted from the 48 hour limit on working time imposed by the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) are now compliant, according to a report by BMJ Careers today.
Nov 11, 2011
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A major survey of medical record keeping in the NHS has revealed critical deficiencies that could risk patients' safety.
Dec 5, 2019
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The introduction of four priority standards for emergency care in hospitals in England has not made any difference to curbing excess deaths on Saturdays and Sundays, known as the 'weekend effect,' reveals the first study ...
Nov 8, 2017
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Many hospital trusts in England and Wales are falling short of the recommended standards on obtaining consent for a post mortem, indicates a snapshot survey of practice published online in the Journal of Clinical Pathology.
Sep 23, 2013
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In BMJ today, Angela Coulter, Associate Professor at Oxford University and colleagues argue that this is "unethical" and call for a coordinated approach to use the information to help improve services.
Mar 26, 2014
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