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UnitedHealthcare has announced it is providing a $1.1 million grant to the Colorado Hospital Association to help hospitals in the state implement a program to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions, according to a UnitedHealthcare news release.

Price lists for physicians could limit unnecessary orders and decrease the cost of healthcare, say leaders at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, which distributes to its providers a one-page list of 56 common medical tests and their prices,…

Ruth P. Shumaker, RN, BSN, CNOR, a healthcare management consultant who focuses on both ambulatory surgery centers and hospital settings, discusses 10 ways to develop a strong sterile processing program in a surgery center.

Jim Webb, senior vice president of operations for Provista, a supply chain improvement company, recently delivered a presentation on the topic of "GPOs: How to Get the Most Out of Yours" at the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association's annual materials management…

H&P Industries, a manufacturer of over-the-counter drug products, has initiated a voluntary recall of all lots of its Povidone Iodine Swabsticks, Povidone Iodine Prep Solutions, Povidone Iodine Scrub Solutions and Povidone Iodine Prep Gel, according to an FDA news release.

Temporary emergency department staff members are twice as likely as permanent employees to be involved in medication errors, new Johns Hopkins research suggests.

U.S. deaths from opioids more than tripled from 1999-2007 and now surpass deaths from skin cancer, HIV and alcoholic liver disease, according to a BMJ report.

A new form of nasal drug administration for pain medications could improve response time by directly affecting the central nervous system, according to a Anesthesia & Analgesia report.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests discharged patients from hospital ICUs are at greater risk of unintentional discontinuation of prescription medications than all discharged patients. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on…

Joseph Kubacki, MD, former ophthalmology chair at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, has been convicted of charging for $3 million in claims for care done by medical residents, according to an Associated Press report.