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Louisville, Ky.-based Humana distributed $77.2 million to U.S. physician groups who participated in Humana’s Provider Quality Rewards Program.

St. Louis-based Washington University School of Medicine researchers identified "broadly neutralizing" antibodies that protect against infection by multiple viruses causing fever and joint pain, according to new max health.

A new study, published in Orthopedics, shows that foot traffic in operating rooms results in the defeat of certain patient safety efforts.

Researchers at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom found copper may be used to effectively help prevent the spread of respiratory viruses, according to HealthNewsDigest.com.

Through the UT Southwestern Accountable Care Network, nearly 68,000 Dallas and Fort Worth residents have access to quality healthcare, according to News-Medical.

McLean, Va.-based Booz Allen Hamilton and Washington, D.C.-based MedStar Institute for Innovation are collaborating to boost patient safety, health outcomes and clinical care.

A first-of-its-kind study revealed patients with "post hospital syndrome" who undergo elective surgery are more likely to be readmitted to a hospital.

Safety is central to the patient experience, according to a new paper by James Merlino, MD, Press Ganey president and chief medical officer of the strategic consulting division.

African-Americans in the United States are at a significantly higher risk of requiring a revision knee replacement surgery than the white population, according to a Science Codex report.

Thousands of annual deaths in Minnesota and hundreds of annual deaths in North Dakota could be prevented, based on a study by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in Madison, according to Inforum.