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Florida and Texas may be hard-pressed to offer substantial Zika prevention in women's clinics, according to Kaiser Health News.

As part of the Prevention Epicenters Program, the CDC is granting $26 million to support five academic medical centers' research to improve patient safety.

In the wake of a costly opioid epidemic, the CDC released new prescribing guidelines which advise physicians to prescribe small doses and only when needed, according to Kaiser Health News.

A new CAPG Standards of Excellence member survey revealed which physician groups are offering quality, coordinated patient care.

Safe and effective injection practices are a cornerstone of any facility's infection prevention processes.

Health information technology is enhancing care coordination and the quality of care, based on a Council of Accountable Physician Practices-sponsored survey, according to Medscape.

CMS released the results for its 2014 Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program, which cited the states with the highest rates and lowest rates of hospital transfers/admissions.

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center researchers compared the use of multimodal analgesia versus patient-controlled analgesia following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, according to a study published in Spine.

When entering risk-based contracts it is imperative that healthcare organizations appropriately stratify the risk of patients, based on a Chilmark Research report, according to Information Management.

The White House vetoed House Republicans $1.1 billion Zika-funding bill, according to The Hill.