The Accreditation Association for Hospitals/Health Systems (AAHHS) will now offer an accreditation program for critical access hospitals and rural hospitals with less than 200 beds. ...

There’s around 1 million American physicians who’re allowed to write opioid prescriptions, or one out of 320 Americans. However, fewer than 32,000 physicians are allowed to prescribe bupre...

The average medical practice spends 785 hours a year on quality measure reporting. That’s equivalent to 98 eight-hour days being used to check boxes and fill out text fields. While 81 days of th...

A new study finds a patient safety measure that nurses and patients alike agree improves care: Involving patients in the handoff process when nurses change shifts....

One in five hospitals are being penalized by the CMS for hospital-acquired conditions....

Medications prepared and used in the OR and other procedural areas must be labeled. The label should include the name of the medication, the strength, quantity, and diluents, if used, to include volum...

For many healthcare facilities, a new year means new goals. As we say goodbye to 2015, patient safety experts from around the country share their focus areas for the coming year. ...

Determining if a patient’s brain functions have irreversibly shut down is a crucial diagnosis; in many places it’s the same as declaring them fully dead....

The Florida Hospital Association (FHA) recently reported on the success of the largest hospital quality improvement project in Florida history....

A new study found that return visits to the emergency department (ED) have doubled and are more costly than initial ED visits. ...