Higher staff satisfaction is weakly associated with lower mortality rates in hospitals in England, according to a study in BMJ Quality and Safety.

Physicians are not effective at patient-centered care, according to a survey by WiserTogether, a company that offers platforms for patient-centered care.

Prescribing medication electronically reduced the risk of an error on the order by nearly half, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

The federal government and individual states have made improvements to the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program, according to an HHS report.

The National Health Care Workforce Commission, a 15-person independent nonpartisan panel created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, has yet to meet because it has not been awarded a budget, according to a report by The New York…

Hospitals are increasingly looking to partner with physicians on surgery center projects, hoping to build relationships with providers in the community and strengthen their market share. Here are 10 hospitals that planned or opened surgery center joint ventures in the…

This article is written by Jason Wandersee, CEO of MEDISISS, a Medline-owned reprocessing company. MEDISISS is the leader in reprocessing to surgery centers throughout the United States since 1997.By now, most ambulatory surgery centers have heard of, or have even…

Abington (Pa.) Health and Independence Blue Cross have created an accountable care initiative with Lumeris, a healthcare technology firm.

A physician's online rating is the least important factor for parents choosing a child's physician, according to this year's Ann Arbor, Mich.-based C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.

A new report prepared for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality examines research on eight topics related to healthcare quality.