The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality offers two free, downloadable tools to help patients build questions for their physicians before a visit.
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Florida officials today confirmed the success of legislation intended to crack down on prescription drug overdoses in the state, according to a News-Press report.
Patients from Europe, Africa and across the U.S. have traveled to Rutherford (N.J.) Allied Medical Group in the past year for a form of chronic pain treatment that only seven physicians in the country are certified to perform, according to…
Alcohol-only cleanser is significantly less effective than traditional surgical scrub when applied to the hands before the placement of central venous catheters, according to a study in the March issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Two bills recently proposed in the Missouri Legislature would give advanced practice nurses more independence by loosening physician supervision, according to an STL Today report.
A higher turnover rate among physician assistants and nurses is projected for the upcoming year and may be further complicated by a physician shortage, according to a survey reported in Healthcare Finance News.
For the second time in four months, CMS' Office of E-Health Standards and Services announced it will not enforce Version 5010, D.0 and 3.0 electronic transaction standards — the delay now runs through June 30, 2012.
The Ohio Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety has launched an initiative through which participating hospitals will work together to reduce serious harm and readmissions. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on the Ohio Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for…
Medline has awarded 10 healthcare organizations with grants that will be used to research evidence-based solutions and interventions for preventable harm, including pressure ulcers, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia and others. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…
Rice Memorial Hospital in Willmar, Minn., has been chosen to participate in an initiative designed to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections and surgical site infections, according to a West Central Tribune report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review…