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Hospitals are using new strategies to monitor patients at all hours, and are looking for dangerous signs of decomposition in patients.

A survey of 265 nurses and physicians from the United Kingdom and United States found that they feel "professional and personal disruption after an error," according to a recent study in the Journal of Patient Safety.

The California Department of Public Health fined 12 hospitals after they found issues that caused or could cause serious harm to patients, according to a DPH statement.

March, April 2015 Issue of Becker’s ASC Review     On the Cover 5 Bold Predictions in ASC M&A Landscape for 20155 Bold Predictions in ASC M&A Landscape for 2015Based on his experience at Regent Surgical Health — which has…

Whether your surgery center is a joint venture, has been recently acquired, or is independently operated, one thing all ASCs have in common is hazard control and prevention protocol.

Following a recent U.S. News & World Report finding that small-volume hospitals pose a greater risk to patients, Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine, along with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire and the University of Michigan, is trying to establish "minimum-volume…

Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for May 21, 2015.

Reps. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) and Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) backed a proposal that would address legal challenges brought forward with electronically sharing behavioral health data, reports Health Data Management.

The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery launched "It Starts Now," a contest calling for film and video submissions that address the topic of obesity.

The week to May 17 saw the highest weekly total of confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease in over a month, according to a World Health Organization report.