Privacy curtains in hospitals can pose a threat to patient safety, with high percentages of curtains testing positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control found.

The University of Houston and Humana announced a partnership Sept. 25 under which the insurer will provide $15 million over 10 years to help pay for the construction of the university's medical school.

With hospitals generating nearly 7,000 tons of solid waste daily, healthcare is a significant source of health-damaging pollution — and healthcare leaders must consider how clinical decisions affect both patient safety and public health, a physician writes in a STAT op-ed.

There is little or no relation between U.S. News & World Report's ranking of the medical school a physician attended and subsequent patient mortality or readmission rates, a study published in The BMJ found.

Antibiotics may be an effective treatment, alternative to surgery, for patients suffering from appendicitis, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association.

The healthcare industry is inundated with data, but patients aren't all that comfortable with health insurers using their personal information to determine policies, according to a recent survey.

Many U.S. health officials and HIV experts said they believe a future with halted HIV transmission rates could be only a few years away, according to STAT.

The Washington State Hospital Association and the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems created the Northwest Safety and Quality Partnership, which brings care quality and safety initiatives together from both associations to serve all 169 hospitals and health systems…

Two federal agencies are leading the AMR challenge, a yearlong, global effort to fight antimicrobial resistance.

The WVU Heart and Vascular Institute, part of Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine, is adding a heart transplant program, WVNews reports.