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Journal of Applied Psychology is publishing a study which found healthcare workers who undergo team training can lower their medical error rate by 19 percent, according to Futurity.

Patients undergoing outpatient ACL reconstruction did not show more symptoms of postoperative discomfort than those undergoing the procedure on an inpatient basis, according to a study in Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Hospital researchers found showing healthcare providers images of surfaces with bacteria bolstered hand hygiene compliance, according to advance healthcare network.

Up to 11 California Republican staff members are exhibiting signs of norovirus and are being quarantined in a hotel an hour outside Cleveland, according to The Hill.

White Rock, British Columbia-based Peace Arch Hospital staff members implemented a program to determine if minimizing operating room traffic yielded a decrease in orthopedic surgical site infections, according to Medical Xpress.

New York documented the first case of female-to-male sexual Zika transmission, according to The New York Times.

British researchers found Zika virus' rapid spread is likely to slow within the next two years to three years due to people developing immunity to the virus after an initial infection, according to Reuters.

Despite public outcry to rein in drug prices, pharmaceutical companies continue to raise prices with Congress implementing few measures to address the price upsurge, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Shyam Sabat, MD, and Virginia Hall, MD, are leading the physician effort to retract the BMJ study claiming medical error is the "third leading cause of death in the United States," according to Medscape.

A Journal of the American College of Surgeons' article shows that patients undergoing weight-loss procedures at accredited bariatric surgery centers are less likely to experience postoperative complications, as compared to those receiving care at non-accredited centers, according to a Medical…