A proposed rule from CMS would provide greater weight to patient preference during the hospital discharge process....

The latest release of the Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Scores finds slow patient safety improvement in U.S. hospitals....

The Joint Commission seeks comments from healthcare facilities about a proposed standard that would require organizations to establish antimicrobial stewardship programs. ...

FDA recently issued a safety communication on intravascular medical devices (IMD), stating that their hydrophilic and/or hydrophobic coatings may peel off....

To find out what physicians think of the prescription problem and how to fix it, the American Medical Association conducted a national survey on the issue....

In April, a Pennsylvania patient was being treated for a urinary tract infection when her physicians discovered she had a strain of colistin-resistant E. coli. The discovery means an antibacterial-res...

A new study by the Leapfrog Group has found that 20% of facilities don’t have policies to guide them in the wake of a never event....

Last week, CMS published a list of proposed rule changes for hospitals and laboratories. One of the more notable proposals would make antibiotic stewardship programs [ASP] mandatory....

Between 2010 and 2015, hospital readmission rates have dropped an average of 8% nationally, with 100,000 unnecessary patient readmissions avoided in 2015 alone. ...

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