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A new study in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety showed how advancing patient reported outcomes increased patient-centered care.

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists released new guidelines for responding to drug shortages, as well as best practices to improve quality of patient care.

A new survey conducted by Merritt Hawkins on behalf of MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society, found physicians in Maryland make less than other physicians nationally, with female physicians earning significantly less than their male counterparts.

The Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety of the ECRI Institute offered three ways practices can use IT and EHRs to reduce diagnostic and medication mix-up errors in a new report.

As the healthcare industry shifts toward value-based care, patient satisfaction scores can help ASCs identify ways to improve operational efficiency, according to Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III. 

The highest U.S. physician salaries can be found in the North Central and Southeast regions, according to Medscape's Physician Compensation Report 2018.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care released a toolkit meant to help ambulatory healthcare organizations avoid preventable adverse drug events.

Healthcare spending on outpatient services and long-term care increased from 2001 to 2015, according to Deloitte's 2018 Global health care outlook report.

Injectable opioids are in short supply, and drugmakers are struggling to keep up with demand, WAMU reports.

The New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgical Centers has announced it will hold an all day, special education event for one room surgical centers in New Jersey.