Surgeons are often judged by their technical skill. But new research shows that how they lead their teams can make a critical difference to patient outcomes.
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Afghanistan says at least 400 people were killed in a Pakistani strike on a hospital on Monday – the latest in a deadly year for medical staff and patients worldwide.
Evidence suggests the widespread adoption of trauma-informed care practices can potentially improve access to care as well as quality of care for all patients.
A new study from a Pittsburgh hospital finds that trauma patients recover faster when emergency medical teams have shared experience working together.
As nurses in Pittsburgh and nationwide spotlight staffing shortages, better pay and workplace safety, labor negotiations have intensified. Here’s what’s at stake.
Canada has quietly become an unexpected leader in global obesity care guidelines, but care at home — where one in four adults now lives with obesity — remains slow and uneven.
People living with complex chronic conditions are poorly served by our health-care system, which was designed to care for acute illness.
Nurses are leaving the profession faster than they’re being replaced – in part due to the emotional and physical toll they endure from disrespectful patients or their loved ones.
Many people may call it self-care to crash on the couch with your smartphone, but screen-based activities increase the load on your brain instead of resting it.
Some medical errors are unreported or even unknown to patients. Only those that result in severe complications and death are known and reported.
The 2025 tax and spending law lowers the federal loan borrowing limits for nursing students, raising the up-front costs of nursing school.
About 1 in 4 doctors practicing in the US were born abroad.
Shadow AI is the unsanctioned use of AI systems without formal institutional oversight. In health care, it means pasting patient details into public chatbots.
Addressing the financial and personal aspects of aging proactively helps to ensure that you will receive the care you need – and want – as you age.
The current US health care system burdens doctors with heavy patient loads, more administrative work and additional off-hour demands. Doctor-patient interactions suffer as a result.
New draft standards for respirator use recognize the importance of protecting workers and patients in health-care settings, where there is a higher risk of pathogen exposure
Most older patients in a recent study had a ‘no complaints’ attitude to hospital food. But when it was unfamiliar, they were less likely to eat it.
Health care is responsible for up to 7% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions. Reducing the use of disposable products could reduce this footprint.
Individuals, organisations, countries and AI developers all have a role to play.
One big risk is overdiagnosis: the more you test, the more you’ll find. Much of this may be clinically irrelevant, meaning unnecessary follow-ups, costs and anxiety.
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