Lawmakers say private equity firms are focusing on profits, hurting hospital operations and patient care. A new study links private equity ownership of hospitals to declines in care.
A 72-year-old woman with a 30-year history of paraplegia was referred to the urology clinic for treatment of a bladder stone. CT of the abdomen…
Palliative care has become standard in many inpatient settings, with about three-quarters of US hospitals currently offering such services.1 Although early integration of palliative care…
This cross-sectional study compares the disaggregated mortality rates and leading causes of death among Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals.
This cluster randomized clinical trial compares the effect of a multicomponent intervention to initiate palliative care in the emergency department during a preintervention period vs…
This cross-sectional study describes blood culture use in US hospital intensive care units and wards.
Clinicians often prescribe as-needed blood pressure (BP) medications for hospitalized patients with asymptomatic BP elevations, despite observational
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Enter to compete in this year’s STAT Madness! STAT Madness is a bracket-style tournament to find the best innovations in science and medicine from
A team led by UNSW quantum engineers has created a “Schrödinger’s cat” – a famous quantum thought experiment – inside a silicon chip.
This systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials examined whether interventions aimed at reducing mental health stigma are associated with improved outcomes in young…
