A new study projects more than 250,000 people die each year from medical errors, leaving patient safety experts calling for cultural changes to care...

Two new ratings websites use risk adjustment models that offer a more complete picture of quality care...

A new study by the Leapfrog Group has found that 20% of facilities don’t have policies to guide them in the wake of a never event....

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices' (ISMP) recently released "2016?2017 Targeted Medication Safety Best Practices for Hospitals," which includes revisions to two existing best pra...

Researchers announced that, as of 2014, only 40% of all hospitals have a comprehensive antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) in place....

Together with the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, The Joint Commission has developed a new certification program for facilities with acute stroke ready certification. ...

The Helping Hospitals Improve Patient Care Act was introduced to the House of Representatives last Wednesday, with the goal of reforming Medicare payments to improve care quality. One of the bill&rsqu...

CMS held a webinar on May 12 explaining the methodology and upcoming changes to its controversial five-star hospital ranking system. ...

A new meta-study by a John Hopkins research team questions the validity of using the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) patient safety indicators (PSI) and CMS’s hospital-...

Antimicrobial overuse is a major problem for hospitals. Overuse of antibiotics can lead to the development of multidrug-resistant organisms, unintended antibiotic toxicity, and Clostridium difficile i...