For the last several years, there has been a startling mortality trend emerging in the United States: Each year, middle-aged white Americans are dying at a faster clip than any of their counterparts...

How prepared are you for the Joint Commission’s new Patient Safety Systems (PSS) chapter? The most recent PSS chapter came into effect on January 2015 and the Joint Commission will expect you to...

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....

On February 9, 26 senators from 17 states sent a letter asking for a review of the pain management section of CMS’s Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program (HVBPP), stating that it puts pressure...

The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have both announced changes to their policies regarding prescription opioids....

Both Democrats and Republicans have condemned the FDA’s handling of multiple superbug outbreaks caused by defective duodenoscopes. While both sides agree changes need to be made, they disagree o...

The CMS has fined 758 hospitals across the country for high rates of patient safety incidents including infections, sepsis, and hip fractures....

Technology is constantly changing, but the same can't be said for the risks associated with that technology. In fact, some of the top technology risks facing hospitals in 2016 haven't changed in fiv...

Just over a year after President Barack Obama issued an executive order calling for federal agencies to combat antibiotic resistance, The Joint Commission has released proposed standards that would ...

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. ...