The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched an online library of healthcare providers' success stories addressing healthcare quality and equality issues.

The Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute has proposed a classification system to help researchers and providers evaluate repeat medical imaging and develop evidence-based guidelines to reduce unnecessary duplication in a new report.

Seventeen medical specialty societies representing more than 350,000 physicians have released a total of 18 lists, each describing five potentially unnecessary tests, treatments or medication therapies as part of the Choosing Wisely campaign.

About seven million people could be drastically affected by primary care physician shortages after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act expands insurance coverage next year, according to a new study in Health Affairs.

UnitedHealthcare and New West Physicians, a 65-physician primary care group practice and medical management company in Denver, are starting an accountable care organization.

There is no doubt that accountable care organizations are spreading throughout the country and different healthcare markets. In fact, according to David Muhlestein, a Leavitt Partners analyst, there are 428 commercial and Medicare ACOs spanning the country in every state…

Many hospitals and health systems are realizing that patient safety and quality are not the products of a single initiative or project, but the results of a patient-centered culture that emphasizes safe, evidence-based practices. Maple Grove (Minn.) Hospital is building…

Hospitals that mandate influenza vaccination among employees and have consequences for noncompliance have a higher increase in rate of vaccination than hospitals without consequences, according to a study in American Journal of Infection Control.

Many infection preventionists are not aware of or are not engaged in using electronic health records and health information exchange to report public health information, according to a study in American Journal of Infection Control.

Reducing medical errors is one of the challenges healthcare providers and medical technology companies focused on at the Jan. 13 patient safety summit held by the Patient Safety, Science & Technology Movement.