A former Texas hospital administrator has pleaded guilty to abuse of official capacity and will serve jail time following his decision to fire two nurses who filed an anonymous complaint with the Texas Medical Board against a hospital physician, according…
An unannounced follow-up FDA inspection of University Hospital in Columbia, Mo., suggests the hospital took a number of steps to improve its infection control practices after CMS dinged it for noncompliance to infection control and housekeeping standards late last year,…
Healthcare providers who conduct regular reviews of comparative drug effectiveness should do so on a yearly basis for rapidly developing topics and biannually for other topics, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
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The Joint Commission has updated the easy-to-read version of its hospital program's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals.
The Joint Commission has updated the easy-to-read version of its ambulatory healthcare program's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals.
Bristol (Conn.) Hospital is working to improve medication safety by providing free wallet-sized medication cards to local residents, according to a Hartford Courant news report.
Bundling of interventions does not necessarily reduce the rate of surgical site infections, according to research results published in the Archives of Surgery.
The Department of Health & Human Services has released the National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care, also known as the National Quality Strategy, according to an HHS news release. The strategy was called for under the Affordable Care…
Angelina County and Cities Health District in Texas will spearhead a pilot program that aims to give providers a better idea of the demographics of individuals who are diagnosed with MRSA, according to a Lufkin Daily News report.