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Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority named Regina M. Hoffman as the new executive director, according to Central Penn Business Journal.

The worldwide nurse call system is projected to reach $1.8 billion by 2022, a Grand View Research report found.

CMS updated its electronic quality measures for eligible professional and hospitals reporting 2017 quality data, according to Healthcare IT News.

The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum awarded Premier the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award for QUEST, Premier's quality improvement initiative.

A study conducted by researchers at Umea University in Sweden found that clinical pharmacists in healthcare teams might improve the quality and safety of patient care and halve the risk of drug-related hospital readmissions, as reported by News-Medical.

Patricia Hale, MD, associate medical director of informatics at Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center, applauds the state's requirement of e-prescriptions, according to News-Medical.

More Minnesota physicians are offering patients full access to their clinical notes to enhance patient care, according to StarTribune.

Congress' pledge to move $500 million from the Ebola fund to fight Zika virus fell short of the Obama administration's proposed $2 billion, acceding to The Hill.

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston conducted a study that found about half of all surgeries involve some of kind of medication error or unintended drug side-effects, as reported by the Daily Star Albany.

A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found virtual physicians may be no match for the real thing when it comes to urgent medical problems, as reported by The Huffington Post.