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The Joint Commission released a new sentinel event alert focusing on patient falls.

The California Quality Collaborative appointed Bart Wald, MD, as medical director.

Lourdes Medical Center in Pasco, Wash., received the Healthgrades 2015 Patient Safety Excellence Award, according to NBC.

Seattle Children's Bellevue clinic discovered surgical tools that may have been contaminated, and more than 3,000 children and teens were tested for HIV and hepatitis, according to The Seattle Times.

Researchers tested the breast tissue of 240 U.S. women for traces of bovine leukemia virus, often found in cattle herds through the United States. The findings indicate a potential link between the BLS virus and the risk of breast cancer…

LifePoint Health is among 17 hospital associations and health systems to continue reducing preventable hospital-acquired conditions, through Partnership for Patients.

Researchers from MIT and the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases discovered the soft tissue at the back of the mouth enables the H1N1 virus to easily spread, according to dna.

The GE Foundation launched the Safe Surgery 2020 Initiative and committed $25 million over the next three years.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield partnered with Script Adviser, a Denver-based infectious disease medical practice, to offer patients in Colorado access to infectious disease specialists via telemedicine.  

Three York County school departments in Maine have confirmed a total of seven cases of viral meningitis, according to Portland Press Herald.