The National Patient Safety Foundation announced new appointments to its board of governors, effective July 1.

Austen BioInnovation Institute and OMNOVA Solutions announced that teams from both organizations have started working on a pioneering project to explore the interactions between disinfectants and common health facility surfaces.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology and American Association of Physicists in Medicine announced the creation of RO-ILS: Radiation Oncology Incident Learning System, a new patient safety organization.

  Medline announced that it will reopen a facility in Hartland, Wis., and plans to use it to produce infection control and prevention products, according to a Milwaukee Business Journal report.

Automated reminders and follow ups greatly increased adherence to annual colorectal cancer screenings among low-income and minority community groups, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Copper surfaces in hospital settings, like the intensive care unit, have been shown to significantly reduce the rate of healthcare associated infections. But a new study by scientists at the University of Leicester shows human sweat can cause corrosion of…

Hospitals are increasingly partnering with federal and private payers in risk-based contracting to improve cost efficiencies, according to a survey of hospital executives.

Healthways, headquartered in Franklin, Tenn., and Genesis Physician Group of Dallas have partnered to form GenHealth, a health services organization designed to support independent physicians with a population health management infrastructure.

Nearly half — 44 percent — of rural areas in the United States are experiencing a shortage of primary care practitioners, according to a panel of physicians at Rural Health Journalism 2014 covered by the Association of Health Care Journalists.

At least 12 healthcare-based outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant germs have been documented by Florida public health officials since 2008, according to an investigation by The Palm Beach Post.