Clostridium difficile infection rate data is often biased because of inaccurate reporting, according to research in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

CMS's Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program has added quality reporting data on Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile infections to Hospital Compare.

The following are the 10 most popular articles on the quality channel from Dec. 9-13, 2013, starting with the most-read.

Physician and nurse vacancy rates in hospitals have increased dramatically from 2009 rates, according to AMN Healthcare's 2013 Clinical Workforce Survey.

Five weeks after Typhoon Haiyan the death tool is nearly 6,000, and more than 1,700 people are still missing. The widespread devastation has affected more than 12 million people, displacing and injuring tens of thousands. According to CNN, the U.S.…

Healthcare industry experts came together to determine how the bedside care team needs to transform to adapt to the changing U.S. healthcare system.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists announced that its President Jane C.K. Fitch, MD, went to Washington, D.C. to meet with Robert Jesse, MD, PhD, principal deputy under secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and other VA…

Here are the seven latest stories on emergency department care and quality compiled from Becker's Hospital Review, starting with the most recent.

Biomedical engineers and clinicians at the University of Oxford and the Oxford University Hospitals in England have replaced traditional paper observation charts with tablets equipped with an early warning detection system.

The following are nine stories on hospital quality reporting and benchmarking from December 2013 so far, starting with the most recent.