The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae have grown more resistant to last-resort antibiotics over the past 10 years.

Physician groups that publicly reported performance on quality measures were motivated to improve performance, according to a study in Health Affairs.

Publicly reporting quality measures spurs physician practices to improve performance on these measures, according to a study in Health Affairs.

While evidence for the effectiveness of patient safety culture interventions is limited, evidence suggests the most effective strategies are multifaceted and include team training and executive engagement in safety walk rounds, according to a study in Annals of Internal Medicine.

A panel of 20 patient safety stakeholders has identified a list of 22 patient safety practices ready for adoption by healthcare providers, according to a new report.

Potentially avoidable readmissions make up 10 percent to 14 percent of all admissions for most hospitals, or roughly 45 percent of them, according to an infographic from Objective Health. Here are seven more statistics on the associated costs of avoidable…

Primary care in the U.S. needs to be redesigned to attract new physicians and improve patient care, according to a commentary in Health Affairs.

Two free samples of antimicrobial stewardship program proposals are available from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

Progress on patient safety in healthcare organizations requires a safe environment in which healthcare workers feel respected, according to a report by the Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation.

The National Patient Safety Foundation is holding Patient Safety Awareness Week March 3-9 to educate healthcare providers and consumers on the importance of patient safety.