A middle-aged man with sepsis from a diabetic foot wound was admitted to a rural Utah hospital. It was clear the patient needed to be transferred to University of Utah Health for specialty care.

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A two-year-old boy arrives at the hospital with a virus and low potassium. His family expect monitoring, fluids, and a careful recovery. Instead, a lawsuit alleges that a single misplaced decimal ...

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Despite decades of calls for more attention to patient safety in hospitals, people undergoing surgery still have high rates of complications and medical errors, a new study finds. More than a third of ...

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A health worker at a Penda Health Clinic in Nairobi during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 A health worker at a Penda Health Clinic in Nairobi during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020PATRICK ...