Consumer education may help reduce the number of emergency ambulance calls for problems that could be safely managed in another setting, according to a study in Emergency Medicine Journal.

The inpatient hospital death rate for septicemia rose by 17 percent from 2000 to 2010, according to a data brief by the National Center for Health Statistics.

Using wireless anesthesia communication systems could improve the productivity of the supervising anesthesiologists outside of the operating room, according to a study in Anesthesia-Analgesia.

Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J., has opened the Dorothy B. Hersh Pediatric Emergency Department, according to a report by The Star-Ledger.

The national sequester, created by the Budget Control Act of 2011, will cut all Medicare graduate education funds by 2 percent, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute announced it has finalized the rosters of individuals from across the healthcare industry who will serve on its first four advisory panels.

Cloth towels may be ineffective in cleaning hospital rooms, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Computerized provider order entry systems in the emergency department can reduce medication errors, according to a study in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

The rate of completion of a surgical safety checklist improved when a printed checklist was used as a memory tool, according to a study in BMJ Quality and Safety.

Healthcare organizations lack easy access to reliable data on safety, which hinders their ability to improve safety, according to a commentary in American Journal of Medical Quality.