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. ...

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....

With less than seven days to go before the February 19 public comment deadline, so far only The Joint Commission (TJC) and the Center for Improvement in Healthcare Quality (CIHQ) are among the hospita...

Wonder how your salary holds up to others in your field? Did you get a raise? Did other people get a bonus but not you? How many hats do your colleagues wear? Take our “2019 Accreditation Prof...

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

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...

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....

Drawing information from patients can help boost understanding of why diagnostic errors happen and reduce the risk of future errors, research published this week says....

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....