What is the best way to prepare for patients each and every day? A basic risk assessment is a process to proactively evaluate the potential for adverse impacts associated with systems and processes, ...

An article in the February edition of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery has found that statins can be used to reduce complications during and after a coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery....

A study published in The American Journal of Surgery found that low literacy rates can drive up the number of readmissions....

Five years after pharmaceutical experts began reviewing changes to sterile preparation requirements for pharmaceutical compounding, the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has released proposed regu...

A study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings shows a rise in burnout rates and dissatisfaction with work-life balance (WLB)....

A checklist is a staple in any high-reliability industry. Checklists support human memory and serve as a foundation for procedural standardization....

A report released by the Government Accountability Office concluded that CMS' Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (HVBP) Program elicited no significant improvement to quality outcomes in its first thr...

The Joint Commission seeks comments on its proposed of Acute Stroke Ready Hospital (ASRH) performance measures, which are part of the accreditor’s Disease-Specific Care (DSC) Advanced Certificat...

Even when patients are being cared for, the stress of being in hospitalized can put their health in jeopardy. Patients tend to sleep, eat and drink less and experience higher levels of stress than nor...

The CMS last week released revised hospital guidance for pharmaceutical services and expanded guidance related to compounding medications. ...