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Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Leapfrog Group gave Rush University Medical Center in Chicago an “A” rating for patient safety, according to News-Medical.

Myreen Tomas, MD, and a team of Cleveland reserachers conducted a study that revealed healthcare providers contaminate their skin or clothing 46 percent of the time when shedding their personal protective equipment, according to The Hill.

The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit, named Colorado hospitals among the safest facilities in the nation, according to the Denver Business Journal.

The American Medical Association partnered with MedStar Health's National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare to create a comparative EHR User-Centered Design Evaluation Frame in an effort to promote transparency about how EHRs are designed and user-tested, according to HIT…

For ambulatory surgery centers, infection control is a primary focus.

Affinivax, a biotechnology company, is collaborating with Nosocomial Vaccine Corporation, established by ClearPath and Astellas Pharma, to develop vaccines that prevent healthcare-associated infections, also known as bacterial nosocomial infections.

As healthcare continues to evolve with patients at the center, physicians should consider partnering with patients to provide quality care and good outcomes, according to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Two studies, presented at the ASA's ANESTHESIOLOGY 2015 annual meeting, show that outpatient gallbladder surgeries coordinated by anesthesiologists through the perioperative surgical home model resulted in improved outcomes for patients, according to a News-Medical report.

To succeed in the market, ASCs need to recruit the best physicians. Administrators should adopt certain strategies to bring physicians to their center.

The American Academy of Pediatrics released a statement on how climate change may negatively impact adolescents.