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.

Irving, Texas-based healthcare supply chain network VHA will host a forum April 30 to May 3 in Las Vegas aimed at helping hospital leaders improve clinical and financial quality in their organizations.

Accountable care organization metrics, which have been developed by Medicare, commercial payors and the National Committee for Quality Assurance, can be divided into six main categories, according to a new MedeAnalytics research report.

Physicians from The Family Physicians Group PC in Memphis, Tenn., have split their health system affiliations between Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, both based in Memphis, according to a Memphis Business Journal report.

Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health Systems and Clark & Daughtrey Medical Group, P.A., have signed a letter of intent to merge.

Fairfax, Va.-based Inova and Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., have formed a joint venture to create Pediatric Specialists of Virginia, LLC, an outpatient pediatric specialty practice.

Public and private sector healthcare-associated infection prevention partners discussed ways to enhance the HAI data supply chain — collecting, reporting and analyzing HAI data — at HHS' 2012 HAI Data Summit May 30-31 in Kansas City, Mo.