Among 9,147 hospitalized patients who received general medical care, an estimated 653 experienced a harmful diagnostic error, according to research published in BMJ.

Beginning Dec. 1, hospitals will be eligible to apply for a new credential offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. 

More physicians are seeking out specialty training as treatment options for obesity expand.

Thirty-seven percent of physicians said private payers influence treatment decisions "quite a bit" or "a great deal," a recent Medscape report found.

Providence said it is taking action after the California attorney general filed a lawsuit against one of its hospitals that allegedly denied a woman an emergency abortion.

Healthcare providers today are facing a daunting reality: a deluge of clinical data amidst rising patient demand and a shortage of clinicians. The transition from paper charts to digitized records has generated a massive amount of patient data, yet a…

In late September, 133 nurses at Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital voted "no confidence" in Chief Nursing Officer Michelle Diaz, BSN, RN, and demanded her dismissal. 

A new Connecticut law provides home healthcare workers with greater protections when visiting patients, NBC Connecticut reported Sept. 30.

St. Louis-based Washington University School of Medicine researchers found that fidaxomicin, a treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection, has increased in use but "remains underutilized."

Hospitals and health systems are working diligently to vaccinate community members and staff against influenza before virus season ramps up.