The following are five tools to help healthcare organizations observe and document hand hygiene compliance.

The new Las Cruces-based New Mexico State University osteopathic medical school secured 300 residency slots across 13 hospitals in New Mexico, according to an Albuquerque Business First report. 

In a webinar hosted by Stryker Performance Solutions on June 17, Richard Conn, MD, co-medical director; Greg Wheat, vice president, service line development; Marita Parks, RN, program manager, operating room optimization; and Cathy Jerow, RN, program manager, performance solutions at…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first facility in the United States to manufacture seasonal influenza vaccine using cell-based technology, according to the HHS.

Medicare was the primary payer for more than half of emergency department visits that resulted in admission to the same hospital in 2011, according to a statistical brief from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, sponsored by the Agency for…

The American Academy of Ophthalmology's Intelligent Research in Sight Registry has received two Physician Quality Reporting System designations from CMS — a qualified registry and qualified clinical data registry, according to an Ophthalmology Times report.

While more than 400 hospitals reported zero catheter-associated urinary tract infections, more than 300 had at least twice the national average number of CAUTIs from April 2012 to March 2013, according to Consumer Reports.

Texas A&M University in College Station announced its Healthy Texas Initiative, aimed at reducing preventable diseases, according to a report by The Texas Tribune.

Hypertonic saline given to children with bronchiolitis in the emergency department decreases hospital admissions, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that neither of the two MERS cases in the United States spread the virus to the healthcare workers who treated them or to any of their household members.