Researchers found use of an alcohol-based hand antiseptic containing chlorhexidine gluconate best reduced bacterial counts on healthcare employees' hands, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
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Results from a study suggest three organizational factors are significantly correlated with healthcare professionals' attitudes toward patient safety, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the FluMist Quadrivalent, a vaccine to prevent seasonal influenza in people ages 2 through 49.
New York-based Beth Israel Medical Center has agreed to pay the U.S. government $13 million after it admitted it practiced "turbocharging" in the late 1990s and early 2000s to receive higher Medicare payments, according to a New York Times report.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said he remains an "unapologetic advocate for the complete repeal" of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act after conservative political action committee Restore America's Voice Foundation called for his resignation, according to a…
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health has launched Mercy Health Select, a subsidiary organization that will contract with providers and insurers to care for set populations for capitated rates, according to a Cincinnati.com report.
The boards of Lowell (Mass.) General Hospital and Saints Medical Center, also in Lowell, have approved a definitive agreement that will lead to a merger of the two organizations.
Pike Community Hospital, a critical access facility in Waverly, Ohio, has completed its merger with Adena Health System in Chillicothe, Ohio, according to a Chillicothe Gazette report.
Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health System and Novi, Mich.-based Trinity Health have announced the signing of an affiliation agreement.
Many hospitals are targeting readmissions as a way to improve quality and reduce costs. Beginning in October 2013, Medicare will reduce reimbursement for hospitals with frequent potentially preventable readmissions for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia patients. By 2014, hospitals…