The American College of Physician Executives announced its support of 10 patient safety practices hospitals should adopt now, which were identified in a report for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

While 85 percent of nurses agree that their hospital has a patient safety culture, only 41 percent describe the hospital they work in as "safe," according to a survey by GE Healthcare and the American Nurses Association.

Multicomponent fall prevention programs can reduce the relative risk for falls by as much as 30 percent, according to a study in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Many health systems behind CMS' 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations disagree with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's approach to quality measurement and are demanding changes to the Pioneer program, according to a Washington Post report.

While CMS' Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program has the potential to improve patient care and hospital quality, its calculation method for determining penalties may unfairly penalize high-performing hospitals and safety-net hospitals, according to a perspective piece in the New England Journal…

Urology Inc., a urology practice in Fall River, Mass., has joined New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Physician Group.

Is there anything more joyful to a mother than delivering a healthy baby? And helping that magical moment occur just a bit sooner is a good thing, right? Not according to the research.

Health literacy, the ability to understand and participate in one's healthcare, is important for all patients. However, some patients, such as those who do not speak English as a first language, have more challenges than others in acquiring health literacy.…

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved Senate amendments to the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013, according to an AHA News Now report.  

The trend of hospitals and health systems acquiring physician practices and employing physicians has surged in popularity recently. The nation's ranks of independent physicians shrunk from being 57 percent of physicians in 2000 to just 39 percent in 2012 and…