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The first Zika virus case in the United States occurred in Texas, according to Medscape.

A direct correlation exists between employee engagement and patient satisfaction, based on a Harvard Business Review article, according to nj.com.

The National Patient Safety Foundation published "Free from Harm," a follow-up report to the Institute of Medicine's "To Err Is Human."

Southern Illinois University Carbondale is offering a new online program geared at healthcare risk management, according to KFVS12.

Companies managing prescription drug coverage have increased participation in the war on drug prices, according to Nevada Public Radio.

Researchers from Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania developed a test that can potentially detect elusive pathogens among patients with compromised immune systems, according to Medical News Today.

Many Western New York Hospitals are seeing reductions in the number of hospital-acquired infections among patients, as reported in the state Department of Health's Hospital-Acquired Infections report, according to Buffalo Business First.

To foster enhanced communication with patients, Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital physicians and nurses and Harvard Medical students are participating in an art curriculum, according to CBS News.

University of Birmingham (Ala.) researchers discovered a new class of gene regulatory elements that hold an "immunological memory." The EMBO J published the research, which Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and Bloodwise supported.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee drafted a bill about health IT and EHRs, according to EHR Intelligence.