UMass Memorial Health Care, based in Worcester, Mass., has informed employees it will cut 700-900 positions, or 6 percent of its workforce, according to a Boston Globe report.
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Proper medication management is essential to maintain quality and patient safety in a healthcare organization. A key element of medication management is medication storage, which includes security, safety and integrity. Patricia Kienle, RPh, MPA, FASHP, director of accreditation and medication…
Critics are speaking out after an October veto by Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown led to the formal dissolution of the state's Board of Registered Nursing, which went into effect this year, according to a California Watch report.
The Beryl Institute has released a white paper that includes data from its 2011 benchmarking study on patient satisfaction as well as opportunities for healthcare providers to improve patient satisfaction rates.
The California Department of Public Health has fined Seton Medical Center in Daly City $100,000 after a patient in its long-term nursing unit suffocated and died from a medical error, according to a Mercury News report.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will begin reporting hospitals' central line associated-bloodstream infection rates on its Hospital Compare website, according to a Consumers Union news release.
Loyola University Medical Center and Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, both in Maywood, Ill., have opened a new Gottlieb Center for Immediate Care in River Forest, Ill., according to a Loyola and Gottlieb news release.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that physicians can be sued for emotional distress — even if physical negligence was not involved, according to a Legal Newsline report.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America has acquired Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kan., according to an HCA news release.
Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon, Ohio, has broken ground on a $7.5 million expansion of its surgical department, according to a hospital news release.