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A BMJ study found medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the United States, following heart disease and cancer.

A study published in the journal Health Affairs offers new insights into the impact of opioid-related hospitalizations and infectious complications on healthcare costs, as reported by News-Medical.

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Each year, healthcare-acquired infections cost the healthcare system nearly $35 billion and kill nearly 99,000 people.

The FDA is considering requiring physicians to obtain formal training before prescribing opioids, according to The Hill.

Nephrology inpatient unit nurses discovered their hand hygiene compliance rate was 55 percent, so they implemented a quality improvement project, according to Nephrology News & Issues.

Patricia Pabon, a certified registered central sterile technician at St. John's Riverside Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y., was awarded the Anne Cofiell Decontaminator of the Year award at the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management conference in San Antonio,…

A study published in the journal Nature Microbiology reveals why the bacterium behind staph infections evades antibiotics, as reported by Phys.org.

The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality named Andrew Bindman, MD, director, according to UCSF.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) rejected President Obama's $1.9 billion funding request for the Zika virus on the Senate floor on April 28, according to The Hill.