Glove use after hand hygiene — before patient and line contact — is associated with fewer gram-positive bloodstream infections and possible central line–associated bloodstream infections in premature infants, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Lancaster, Ohio-based Fairfield Memorial Hospital encountered an issue with its specialist physicians after implementing a hospitalist program: The specialists believed the program was a way to lessen the emergency department on-call burden for primary care physicians, and they wanted the…

  Creative Healthcare partnered with the California Association of Healthcare Quality to create a broader distribution for the company's products, in particular the Lean for Healthcare online training program.  

  The National Quality Forum elected three new members to its board of directors.

Around one in six hospitalized patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, were readmitted within 30 days, with higher rates in historically underserved populations, according to a study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

The following are the most popular stories on infection control and clinical quality from Becker's Hospital Review for the week of August 4, beginning with the most-accessed.

Systems failures are nearly twice as likely as practitioner errors to contribute to patient safety incidents in emergency departments, according to a study published in BMC Emergency Medicine.

The median four-year cost to attend medical school for the class of 2013 was $278,455 at private schools and $207,868 at public schools, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

11 metrics for measuring physician alignment

Bethune-Cookman University and Halifax Health, both based in Daytona Beach, Fla., signed a memorandum of understanding forging a partnership that aims at strengthening health and wellness services in the Daytona Beach and Midtown communities in Florida.