Results from a study conducted by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence and Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit showed caregivers' format of presenting information can affect patient's decisions regarding treatments.
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Recent research published in the BMJ Quality and Safety reveals several challenges to completion of surgical checklists.
Children's Hospital of Orange County in Orange, Calif., is under investigation after a medical error occurred during a urology procedure earlier this month, according to an Orange County Register report.
City council members unanimously voted to approve expansion plans for Overland Park (Kan.) Regional Medical Center, according to a KMBC report.
Six healthcare organizations that are part of the West Wireless Health Council implemented a new framework that will make it easier to fully adopt and utilize wireless technology in hospitals, according to a West Wireless Health Institute news release.
The University of Louisville's (Ky.) Hospital has officially issued a request for potential partners, according to a Courier-Journal report.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N. J., and Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, N. J., have agreed to "explore a partnership," according to a New Jersey Business report.
U.S. medical graduates specializing in primary care are more likely to be satisfied with their careers than international graduates, according to a study published in Journal of General Internal Medicine.
Baystate Health in Springfield, Mass., and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, have both expressed interest in acquiring The Cooley Dickinson Hospital of Western Massachusetts in Northampton, according to a Daily Hampshire Gazette report.
The newly formed health system created by the merger of Provena Health in Mokena, Ill. and Chicago-based Resurrection Health Care, Presence Health, has announced Amy LaFine as president and CEO of Provena St. Mary's Hospital in Kankakee, Ill., effective immediately.