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New legislation (HB 999 and SB 1394) could allow ambulatory surgery centers in Florida to take on 23-hour stays.

The copy-and-paste function is frequently used within electronic health records, but the improve efficiency must be weighed against the risk of potential errors. Here are four actions to consider for the prevention of these types of errors, according to a…

Preoperative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus decontamination decreased the surgical site infection rate by more than 50 percent among patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery with hardware implantation, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery.

The Congressional Budget Office has updated the baseline budget projections it published earlier in the year, and included in the changes is updated estimations of the budgetary effects of the major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

GOJO Industries, a hand hygiene company and inventor of PURELL Hand Sanitizer, has joined the National Patient Safety Foundation in an effort to promote awareness during Patient Safety Awareness Week.

According to a Global Healthcare report, there are five key concepts with the potential to revolutionize Western medicine.

More than 300 physician groups are asking the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to strengthen Medicare Advantage.

The use of information technology is seeing major growth in the U.S. healthcare industry, and it is no secret that health IT will form the foundation of value-based healthcare delivery.

The Oregon Patient Safety Commission recently recognized a number of healthcare providers at its fourth annual breakfast held in Salem, Ore., according to an Albany Democrat-Herald report. Two surgery centers were amongst the recognized providers.

Here are nine articles on the recent carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae outbreaks related to the use of duodenoscopes for ERCP.