The Healthcare Coalition for Emergency Preparedness, an organization formed to raise awareness and educate the public on issues in plans to maintain healthcare facility operations in a crisis, is questioning the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's infection control recommendations…

  While physician perceptions of online rating websites tend to be negative, awareness of the content and rating patterns may help physicians better manage their online reputation, according to a study published in JAMA Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery.

Increased Federal Trade Commission scrutiny regarding hospital acquisitions of physician practices culminated in the first-ever antitrust enforcement action of its kind earlier this year. In January, a federal judge sided with the FTC, ruling that Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Striverdi Respimat (olodaterol), an inhalation spray drug aimed at treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Among persons 65 years of age or older, a high-dose, inactivated influenza vaccine proved to be more effective against influenza than a standard-dose vaccine, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Boston Public Health Commission announced tests performed on Aug. 12 confirmed four West Nile Virus-positive mosquito pools in Boston.

Here are the top seven most-requested physician searches by medical specialty, according to healthcare staffing firm Merritt Hawkins.

Thursday, October 2, 2014 | 12:30 – 1:30 EDT What you will learn from these leading antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention clinicians:          -Leading edge approaches to effective antimicrobial stewardship         -Recommendations for implementing best…

In 2013, acute-care hospitals in Massachusetts reported 753 serious medical errors and patient injuries, up roughly 70 percent from 2012, according to a Boston Globe report.

A study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology has identified factors associated with overall surgical site infection risk for patients undergoing colon procedures.