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Quality patient care is a core goal for any healthcare provider. In response, many healthcare organizations and stakeholders have developed a number of tools provide support in key areas of patient safety.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported nearly 30 confirmed cases of Zika virus in Puerto Rico since the end of January, according to The Washington Post.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality researchers found facilities that implemented a fully electronic EHR system reduced the number of adverse patient safety events in the inpatient setting, according to HealthIT Analytics. In the study, researchers analyzed data for more…

A second Santa Clara (Calif.) University student has been hospitalized with meningococcal meningitis, according to Lake Andes Wave.

Researchers from National Institute of Standards and Technology, Rockville, Md.-based Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research and Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins School of Medicine developed a new Lyme disease test, according to Phys.org.

The National Hand Hygiene Initiative in Australia successfully reduced risk of infections, but at a steep cost, according to a Medical Xpress article.

Patients utilizing online health tools were more likely to get preventative tests, based on a Kaiser Permanente study, according to Healthcare IT News.

In an Integrated Healthcare Strategies survey, 43 percent of responding organizations offered their medical director a performance bonus.

Amidst growing concern over the Zika virus, the CDC will host a conference call today with Florida obstetricians and gynecologists, family physicians, nurses and other healthcare employees, according to the Miami Herald.

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers studied the impact of genetics on the immune system, according to NBC29. PLOS Pathogens published the findings online.