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The 30th Medical Group in Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., participated in the National Patient Safety Week campaign at the base, according to the Lompoc Record.

New York Public Health Law is now requiring area physicians to "e-prescribe" everything from antibiotics to cholesterol pills to painkillers, according to The Daily Star.

DrFirst released a report providing an overview of the state of electronic prescribing of controlled substances.

A National Safety Council survey found 99 percent of primary care physicians prescribe opioids for longer than the three-day period the CDC recommends, according to The Chicago Tribune.

Providers can now use Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania's Community Health Worker model in the outpatient setting, based on a Perelman School of Medicine study, according to Medical Xpress.

A study published in the journal Open Heart suggests that more heart disease patients than suspected could benefit, or at least could perceive benefit, from primary prevention therapy, as reported by Medscape.

Palomar Health in San Diego has selected Ascend Software's SmartTouch AP, SmartTouch AIR and ECM solutions to reduce paper storage and automatically route invoices for approval.

Eastern Health in Canada is still finding stains on surgical tool kits but says the problem is having almost no impact on its scheduled surgeries, according to CBC News.

Wal-Mart confirmed they exposed nearly 5,000 customers' personal information between Feb. 15 and Feb. 18, according to Internet Retailer.

With healthcare trending toward a patient-centered approach, physicians may want to consider cultural backgrounds, according to The Boston Globe.