A partnership between Blue Cross Blue Shield and the University of Michigan Health System aims to reduce anesthesiology-related complications ...

A report released on December 2, by the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows that hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) decreased 17% ...

Every healthcare organization has a process for annual performance appraisals; in fact, it is a requirement. The strategy, implementation, and functional steps in any annual performance appraisal p...

The Joint Commission has released its latest "Speak Up"™ campaign, targeting patient education on medical imaging tests. The Speak Up series is an ongoing program helping educate pat...

Infection control concerns arise after hospitals struggle to dispose of Category A waste in the wake of CDC and DOT discrepancies ...

Few things in work create as much apprehension and stress as the annual evaluation. It is a laborious, tedious, and essential requirement of leadership, which at times feels like an impossible stan...

A partnership between an Indiana hospital and the Walgreens pharmacy chain eventually led to a program that has reduced unplanned hospital readmissions by 46% for participating patients....

At least 32 patients fell ill and 11 died after contracting a superbug infection at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle between 2012 and 2014....

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that this season’s flu vaccine was only 12% effective for adults aged 18 to 49 and 14% effective for those 50 and older....