With one click of his mouse, Auron Priestly, MD, CEO and founder of Kolkin Corp. in Newport Beach, California, accesses care plan information for a patient named Richard Sanderson. He quickly types ...

Surgical bundles have become commonplace in the healthcare industry, particularly to help stave off dangerous infections. A recent study looking specifically at cardiac procedures and joint replacem...

Those advocating for more transparency in healthcare will be pleased with the Surgeon Scorecard, released by the investigative journalism organization, ProPublica. Many surgeons, however, are not....

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The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) rolled out Phase II of its General Acute Care Hospital (GACH) Relicensing Survey pilot July 1. The survey now includes the former stand-alone survey...

Hospitalized patients have a long list of potential safety concerns, ranging from medication errors to deadly infections. One thing they probably aren't thinking about is the food....

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Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Chapter Leader's Guide to Information Management by Jean Clark. Visit http://hcmarketplace.com/chapter-leader-s-guide-to-information-management for more...