Although patients can visit various social media sites for crowdsourced insight on other patients' hospital experience, they shouldn't expect reliable guidance on the care quality they will receive, according to research from Bloomington-based Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental…

Imagine hosting a last-minute surprise party at your home for a group of extremely particular individuals. Sound fun? This is similar to what hospital leaders experience when accrediting bodies arrive for a survey.

A federal investigation found a surgeon at Albany (N.Y.) Stratton VA Medical Center misreported the surgical outcomes of three cancer patients who later required additional procedures to remove their tumors, according to Times Union.

Vilma Wong, a nurse at Stanford, Calif.-based Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford for more than 32 years, recently discovered one of her colleagues is a baby she cared for 28 years ago in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Nearly 80 percent of medical school students indicated they have experienced burnout at least some of the time during their education, a recent report by Medscape found.

Students at Boston-based Harvard Medical School unveiled a photography exhibit at Brigham and Women's Hospital, also in Boston, illustrating  the narratives of local community members affected by the opioid epidemic, according to The Harvard Crimson.

A Singapore-based study published in Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control examined whether sick companion animals can carry drug-resistant bacteria that affect human health.

The medical marijuana company Cresco Labs placed a pop-up style vending machine in Chicago Sept. 5 to advocate for alternative pain relief in the opioid epidemic, according to AdWeek.

Walk down the hall on 2 East at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, and the magnitude of the opioid epidemic will hit you.

According to Globenewswire.com, U.S. News & World Report just released it’s Best Hospitals rankings for 2018- 2019. Among the esteemed top 15, are 8 hospitals that use CipherHealth’s technology to better their patient engagement and outcomes.