Why we should question state board licensing of physicians

The following are the standardized infection ratios — observed to expected infection rates — for surgical site infections from colon surgery for every state and Washington, D.C.

Voyance, a technology-based organization that provides proven approaches to improving care, announced its 2013/2014 National APEX Quality Award recipients.

Chicago-based Cook County Health and Hospitals System plans to open a call center, hire hundreds of nurses and undertake numerous capital investments to improve patient experience, according to a Crain's Chicago Business article.

Recently, a shift from inpatient to outpatient surgery in the United States for commonly performed urologic procedures has coincided with increasing deaths, according to a study published in BJU International.

There is a 20.8 percent prevalence of postoperative 'doctor shopping' in the orthopedic trauma population, according to a study published in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.

Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, in Melrose, Mass., is being fined $28,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for not properly following the bloodborne pathogen standard, according to a CBS Boston report.

Mid-level providers like nurse practitioners and physician assistants are performing millions of in-office dermatological surgeries, and a recent study calls this practice into question.

The American Health Information Management Association and Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity created a free resource kit that provides the tools needed to implement a quality assurance program.

CMS notified Dallas-based Parkland Health & Hospital System that it will investigate whether the health system is putting patients in 'immediate jeopardy,' according to a Dallas/Fort Worth Healthcare Daily.