A new study found that hospitals need to improve their medication reconciliation processes....

A surgical quality collaborative in Tennessee allowed 10 hospitals to reduce surgical complications by nearly 20% since 2009, saving at least 533 lives and $75 million in reduced costs....

It's been six years since a group of infection prevention organizations, hospital associations, and regulators assembled to release the Compendium of Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infec...

Module creates curriculum to de-escalate aggressive behavior...

Leadership and physician involvement increasingly come up in accreditation and survey preparation. In almost every situation that deals with process improvement or cultural change, the term "leadershi...

One group of UCLA researchers argues that the handshake, although steeped in social custom, has no business in healthcare....

Data released in May by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shows improvements in patient safety have saved thousands of lives and billions in healthcare costs....

The ECRI Institute has released its annual "Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations," and as always, it is an interesting journey to see how these issues connect with the accredita...

How outreach can improve operational efficiency and more...

A new report details some of the steps that California hospitals are taking to prevent the most common medical errors and adverse events, but many say there is still work to be done throughout the s...