Having an integrated program for transitioning patients from the hospital to home can decreased hospital readmissions and excess healthcare costs, according to a recent study published in the Journal for Healthcare Quality.

The U.S. healthcare worker who was exposed to the Ebola virus while in Sierra Leone was taken to Omaha-based Nebraska Medical Center Sunday, one of the 48 Ebola treatment centers in the country, according to the Centers for Disease Control…

Here are the top eight specialty groups most likely to perform a procedure that may not be medically warranted because of malpractice fears, according to the Medscape Ethics Report 2014, Part 2: Money, Romance and Patients.

Just 64 percent of hospitals had an antimicrobial stewardship program in place in 2011, according to results from a nationwide survey published in the January edition of Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

The use of sutures coated in triclosan, a broad-spectrum antiseptic, reduces the risk of surgical site infections by 26 percent, according to a study in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that this season's influenza vaccine may not be effective against one of the more widespread strains of the flu, the vaccine still offers protection from the virus, according to a…

Antibiotic resistance is a pressing challenge facing the healthcare industry but a new antibiotic called teixobactin may work for longer before bacteria becomes resistant, according to a study published in the journal Nature.

A 12-year long study conducted by the Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center found no increased risk for seven neurological, blood or immune system disorders related to two measles-containing vaccines.

Athens, Ga.-based St. Mary's Health Care System plans to admit 10 medical residents in July to its new three-year internal medicine residency program, according to the Athens Banner-Herald.

Nearly half of all Americans have at least one chronic illness, and for people over the age of 65, the proportion is 85 percent. Providing care for people with chronic illnesses represents a vast share of national healthcare expenditures, so…