The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is offering a free guide to help acute-care facilities expand their current Medicaid readmission efforts.

The portion of physicians who named retirement as their reason for leaving a medical group practice jumped to 18 percent in 2013, the highest level ever reported, according to survey results from the American Medical Group Association and Cejka Search.

The possible Ebola patient at Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento (Calif.) Medical Center has tested negative for the virus, the California Department of Health confirmed Thursday.

Surgical site infections are the most common healthcare-associated infection, as they account for 31 percent of all HAIs for hospitalized patients, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The following are two SSI prevention strategies perioperative providers should…

 For Medicare, congestive heart failure is the most common reason for hospital admissions and readmissions and it is among the most costly diseases to treat.  The Care Continuum Alliance estimates that CHF patients' medical costs are $2,684 per member per…

  The two American aid workers who contracted the Ebola virus have been discharged from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta where they received treatment, according to a USA Today report.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released an interim guidance for environmental infection control in hospitals related to the Ebola virus.

  Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus superbug control policies in hospitals may not be as effective as they are believed to be, according to an international viewpoint published in The Lancet.

  August has been a difficult month for Las Vegas-area emergency departments, with three hospitals forced to turn away incoming patients because of capacity issues due to an influx of mental health patients waiting in the ED to be admitted…

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology released the fourth edition of the APIC Text of Infection Control and Epidemiology — a 123-chapter infection prevention and control resource.