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The Doctors Company Foundation gave a $200k grant to The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine and MedU to address the issue of misdiagnosing, according to advance healthcare network.

Northern Kentucky-based St. Elizabeth Healthcare, a mission-based organization focused on improving healthcare, chose Tenable Network Security, a network monitoring company, to find vulnerabilities in its medical devices.   

A Florida man tested positive for West Nile in Pinellas County, according to The Ledger.

Analytik Jena AG, provider of analytical, bioanalytical and optical systems for industrial and scientific applications, created the world's first kit with CE-IVD certification for the molecular diagnostic quantification of hepatitis delta virus, according to The Scientist.

Xenex, based in San Antonio, Texas, created a mobile robot to kill harmful bacteria and viruses, according to Silicon Hills News.

Identification Systems Group, a Kansas City, Mo.-based network of identification system integrators, partnered with industry manufacturers to implement better patient safety. Many medical errors occur because of patient misidentification, often caused by inadequate labeling wristbands.

The Coalition to Improve Diagnosis formed to take on the issue of misdiagnosing in the medical industry, according to Medscape.

Here are seven statistics from the ASC Quality Collaboration's report on ASC quality data.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled an interactive tool that allows providers to see how antibiotic resistance for four bacteria has changed during the past 18 years.

Indiana confirmed the state's third human case of West Nile in St. Joseph County, according to Daily Herald.