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Saint Francis HealthCare Partners and United HealthCare are collaborating to enhance patient coordination and health services through an accountable care relationship.

More than 95 percent of the Medicare-certified ASCs successfully met Medicare's ASC Quality Reporting Program requirements for the program's second full year, according to an ASCA report.

Harlingen Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas, has been recognized for its excellence in coronary bypass surgery, orthopedic surgery and patient safety.

A recent study published in JAMA Surgery has found that antibiotics may work just as well for children with uncomplicated appendicitis.

Lost and stolen devices are to blame for 45 percent of all healthcare security breaches, based on Verizon's healthcare data breach report, according to CSO.

Rachel Levine, MD, traveled to a Harrisburg (Pa.) school to discuss certain measures individuals should take to avoid obtaining the flu.

Spain's anesthesia national incident reporting system, Sistema Español de Notificacion en Seguridad on Anestesia y Reanimacion, joined the Patient Safety Movement Foundation.

For the first time, CMS released quality performance scores for individual physicians who opted to provide their data, according to Healthcare Dive.

Rose Siggins, who starred on "American Horror Story: Freak Show," died after an infection spread through her body following kidney stone surgery.

Parasol Medical, a specialty medical devices development company, launched the first patient Fall Prevention System.