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The following findings are from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Statistical Brief #164: Characteristics of Adverse Drug Events Originating During the Hospital Stay, 2011.

The following are the 10 most-read patient safety tools from Nov. 4 to Nov. 8, 2013, beginning with the most-read.

ASCA announced the 2014 Capitol Fly-In Program dates: June 17 to 18 and September 9 to 10.

Amerinet announced a new agreement with The Institute for Medical Leadership to provide physician leadership development programs and executive coaching services.

According to a Reuters report, Humana has halved its expectations for the health insurance exchange open enrollment period and predicts federal officials will push back the sign-up deadline because of technical issues with the federal exchange site.

According to a report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and research firm Breakaway Policy Strategies, the average monthly premium for a 27-year-old purchasing a health plan through the state-based and federally facilitated exchanges will be $266.

Many of the established accountable care organizations have been formed by hospitals and insurance companies, with those executives having the final say in ACO-related matters.

The following are the 10 states with the highest resident cap per 100,000 people and the 10 states with the lowest cap, according to a recent analysis in Health Affairs.

Abhay Padgaonkar of Innovative Solutions Consulting recently released a report about the new health insurance exchanges.

Spine surgeons discuss whether they are bringing cases to the outpatient setting and what it would take to get them there.