The Joint Commission has released a table of the most challenging standards and National Patient Safety Goals in 2011.
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Rochester (N.Y.) General Health System announced the purchase of four properties at a total price of $40 million.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has posted new comparative results for the CAHPS Clinician & Group Survey.
Christiana Care in Wilmington, Del., has implemented a new standardized uniform policy, intended to give patients a better sense of security and safety.
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh plans to break ground on a 60,000-square-foot medical complex, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
This conference includes great spine, orthopedic and pain management physician leaders as speakers. These include speakers such as Charles Gordon, MD, of Texas Spine and Joint Hospital; David Rothbart, MD, of Spine Team Texas; Richard Wohns, MD, of South Sound…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a statewide collaborative in Massachusetts led to a decrease in hospital-acquired C. difficile infections.
The Joint Commission has highlighted the risk of incorrect blood glucose readings and how patients can reduce risks related to those errors.
North Stonington (Conn.) Health Center is closing its urgent care, laboratory and radiology services today as it prepares for a possible closure of the entire center by April 17, according to a Mystic River Press report.
A federal judge has ruled that Hawaii's largest hospital, Queen's Medical Center, cannot deny access to a radiation oncology group, according to a Coshocton Tribune report.