Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that would up add Medicare-supported physician residency positions to programs across the country, according to AHA News Now and Association of American Medical Colleges reports.

Arlington-based Texas Health Resources plans to begin publishing quality and safety data for the public, demonstrating the healthcare industry's move to greater transparency and accountability, according to a Dallas Morning News report.

For the fourth year in a row, the number of medical school seniors matched with internal medicine residencies in the United States has increased.

The Children's Medical Center of Dayton (Ohio) announced it has formed a joint venture with Miami Valley Hospital, also in Dayton, to enhance neonatal care.

The proliferation of hospital ratings and rankings may cause more confusion than transparency, according to a Kaiser Health News report.

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America recommended the U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Subcommittee invest $743.7 million in infection prevention in fiscal year 2014.

A free validation toolkit for central-line associated bloodstream infection data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network is available from CDC.

The number of articles, whitepapers and reports being generated about accountable care organizations is increasing exponentially, with the vast majority covering the nuts and bolts of creating an ACO and exploring various payment strategies. These are all important issues to…

Raleigh, N.C.-based Rex Healthcare has formed a new neurosurgery practice in partnership with three neurosurgeons to expand neurosurgical care offered by the health system.

A study, published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, has found that the gender of a healthcare provider does not have any significant effect on healthcare costs or mortality.