Uncategorized

ASCs face unique challenges in the operating room that highlight the importance of an efficient materials management process.

Unveiled during the 2012 Patient Safety Awareness Week, the Certified Professional in Patient Safety credential has hit a five-year milestone.

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare announced a January 3, 2017, hack of one of its appointment systems.

The ECRI Institute's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety published, "Health IT Safe Practices: Toolkit for the Safe Use of Health IT for Patient Identification," according to HealthData Management.

The World Health Organization released a list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" that require new antibiotics.

Here are 17 tools designed to improve patient handoffs.

Gov. Larry Hogan (R) declared a state of emergency in Maryland due to the state's opioid-addiction epidemic, according to The Washington Post.

Throughout the United States, orphan drug sales continue to soar, greatly outpacing other mediation's sales, STAT reports.

Alpharetta, Ga.-based SPH Analytics ranked Murrells Inlet, S.C.-based Carolina Coast Surgery Center in the top 1 percent for patient satisfaction.

In a recent press release, OTTO Health LLC, an integrated care delivery platform, signed a partnership agreement with MDS Medical, a technology solutions and financial consultancy for ambulatory physician organizations, to provide OTTO's advanced technology solutions to the MDS client-base.