Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Medical Center will pay a $2 million penalty for healthcare-acquired infections from 2012 to 2014, according to The Daily Progress.
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A Minnesota Department of Health listed 19 adverse events during a 12-month period in northern Minnesotan hospitals, one of which was the sexual assault of a patient, according to Duluth News Tribune.
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology updated their position paper on safe injection practices.
Voters display concern about the accessibility, quality and costs of healthcare, according to a Morning Consult survey commissioned by University of Phoenix College of Health Professions. The survey received responses from 1,985 registered U.S. voters.
La Jolla, Calif.-based Salk Institute and Boston-based Harvard Medical School researchers identified a protein complex that demonstrates how viruses infect host cells.
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A grand jury indicted Rocky Allen, a Swedish Medical Center former surgical tech who tampered with a syringe containing pain medication, according to CNN.
Researchers found an influenza infection increased patients' risk of developing atrial fibrillation, according to MD.
Baltimore-based University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers found a new treatment protecting mice from MERS infection.
Congressional Budget Office predicts premiums will increase nearly 60 percent in the next decade, according to Lancaster Online.
A large group of healthcare industry stakeholders released new quality measures to make the reporting process easier for providers and to better support evolving value-based payment mechanisms, according to Health Data Management.