The case has rocked the healthcare industry and could have more implications for mistakes made by healthcare professionals in the future.

Researchers at a quaternary academic medical center have developed a short-term workaround that they report is now reducing the institution’s consumption of Omnipaque (iohexol) by more than 50% without compromising care quality.

Combining ensemble AI models with reads from breast radiologists of mixed experience levels can help health systems consistently diagnose malignant architectural distortion on mammography.

Those who were on the path to retirement were more likely to commit errors and less likely to attend tumor boards.

“We know that premature babies have a better chance of survival if they get a high quality of care in the first month of birth,” Jong-Hoon Kim, associate professor at the Washington State University School of Engineering and Computer Science and a co-corresponding author on the study, said in a statement.

Of 1,000 patients injected with corticosteroids under fluoroscopic guidance at an academic medical center over a 4½-year period, only 10 experienced serious complications within a year. 

The findings align with other recent studies about high levels of violence in healthcare workplaces.

American College of Cardiology President Edward T. A. Fry, MD, discusses cardiologist burnout and how the pandemic accelerated the issue.