The Texas Department of State Health Services designated Dallas-based Methodist Charlton Medical Center as a Level III advanced trauma facility, increasing access to critical care for patients in Southern Dallas.

The Joint Commission recognized four hospitals and health systems for their efforts this year to move the use of electronic clinical quality measures forward.

An Aug. 1 water leak at Midwest City, Okla.-based AllianceHealth forced the 255-bed hospital to reschedule surgeries, KFOR reports.

Calls to U.S. poison control centers involving tianeptine, an antidepressant used in Europe, Asia and Latin America, have climbed since 2015, according to the CDC's most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published August 3.

Federal health officials on August 2 confirmed an additional 109 cases of cyclospora infection involved in an ongoing outbreak linked to McDonald's salads, according to CNN.

The concept of the patient-consumer has been heavily debated in recent years.

Salisbury, N.C.-based Novant Health Rowan Medical Center has postponed elective surgeries after a storm left at least 4 inches of rain in the facility Aug. 1, according to a WBTV news report.

The ECRI Institute's Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety released a report detailing best practices to reduce errors related to diagnostic testing and medication changes.

Although alcohol-based disinfectants are a critical component of hospital infection control, a multidrug-resistant bacterium is becoming more tolerant to alcohols in hospital disinfectants, a study published in Science Translational Medicine found.

Visitor restriction policies and practices vary in scope, implementation and physician awareness across pediatric facilities, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.