A new tool endorsed by the National Patient Safety Foundation aims to streamline patient safety and quality improvement efforts using a simple, evidence-based model....

A study released in The Journal of the American Medical Association has found that surgery patients in hospitals with better nursing environments receive better care without drastically increasing c...

Despite the risk that bloodborne diseases represent, a new study published in The American Journal of Infection Control discovered only 17.4% of nurses follow all nine standard precautions meant to pr...

In 2013, 44.7 million Americans were over the age of 65 with current trends predicting that number to grow to 98 million by 2060. In response, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the American G...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be taking a stronger stance on the reporting possible medical device hazards in 2016....

One of healthcare’s biggest concerns has been the misuse of antibiotics and resulting rise in drug-resistant bacteria and infections....

Electronic health records may represent the future of medicine, but as of now, the technology is still going through some serious growing pains....

Electronic health records (EHR) may represent the future of medicine, but as of now, the technology is still going through some serious growing pains....

After decades of discussion, the use of restraints and seclusion in healthcare is still a hot topic. ...

After a year of increased scrutiny over infection control issues related to endoscope reprocessing, many hospitals will encounter another challenge: Thousands of machines used to wash and perform high...