What hospitals need to know about the current Ebola outbreak

Premier has reached a definitive agreement to acquire TheraDoc, a provider of clinical surveillance software, for $117 million in cash.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is concerned about possible contaminated anesthesia at a surgery center in Harrisburg, Pa., according to a WGAL report.

A change as simple as installing bright red hand sanitizer dispensers can increase hand hygiene compliance in hospitals, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Ebola has been called "the scariest virus" in existence, and for good reason. As described in the 1994 book "The Hot Zone," by Richard Preston (which I read, with horror, more than a decade ago), Ebola attacks its victims like…

According to a new physician shortage measurement tool, general internal medicine patient care full-time equivalents are projected to decline by 12 percent between 2011 and 2030.

  Interventions can reduce pediatric medication errors, although optimizing intervention is still elusive, according to a study in Pediatrics.

The second American with Ebola virus disease who was transferred from Liberia arrived at Atlanta-based Emory University Hospital Tuesday and was wheeled inside for treatment.

  Why do hospitals most often activate their emergency preparedness plans? The 2014 Emergency Management Survey from Health Facilities Management, the Association for the Healthcare Environment and the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management, a survey of 911 hospitals,…

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a list of documents to help hospitals and healthcare facilities to incorporate the law into their emergency and disaster preparedness plans.