DC report cites ‘actual harm’ at new hospital; delayed surgery, patient death, 12-hour care gap

Newly obtained records from the D.C. Department of Health detail communication breakdowns and delays in care at Cedar Hill ...
Rutland Herald

HSS Studies Contribute Early Evidence to Help Guide Emerging Perioperative Considerations for Patients Using GLP‑1 Medications

At this year’s American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) annual meeting, researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) presented two studies focused on glucagon-like peptide ...
Becker's Hospital Review

7 Common Patient Complaints About Surgery Centers – and How to Prevent Them

Carla Daley Shehata, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health, discusses seven of the most common patient complaints in an ASC, as well as how to prevent them. 1. Poor explanation of ...

Life changing heart valve repair and replacement at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, without open-heart surgery

Lahey Hospital & Medical Center’s Cardiovascular Medicine Department has embraced using interventional cardiology to treat ...

Son of 2nd patient who died after seeing Florida surgeon describes family's heartbreak

A year before a man died under his care, Florida surgeon Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky had another alleged mishap in the operating ...

Do you know about cardiac infections after stent surgery? What patients must watch for

Cardiac infections after heart stent procedures are rare but serious, with mortality rates up to 40 percent and symptoms ...

Delhi’s RML Hospital achieves ‘global first’ with heart surgery on patient with ‘mirror image’ organs

Doctors at Delhi's RML Hospital have performed a rare minimally invasive heart surgery on a 31-year-old woman with Situs Inversus and a congenital heart defect. The procedure avoided cutting the chest ...