The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule that would make the credentialing process less burdensome for physicians and other clinicians providing telemedicine services for hospitals, according to a report by AHA News Now.

The National Patient Safety Foundation has awarded a research grant to the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School to research errors reported as being associated with computerized prescriber order…

Oregon has released the state's first public report on hospital-acquired infections.

Hendricks Regional Health in Danville, Ind., and other hospitals across the state have begun using color-coded wristbands to help prevent potential medical errors, according to a report in the Indianapolis Star.

Even though health reform will allow 32 million previously uninsured Americans to get regular care from physicians, many of these patients are expected to continue crowding into emergency departments.

Southcoast Health System, a hospital system in Southeastern Massachusetts, has signed an affiliation agreement with physicians from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston — instead of one of Boston's hospitals — to provide guidance on cancer treatments, according to a…

The Health Services Coalition, a group of 24 self-funded insurance plans, has told a group of 13 Las Vegas area hospitals that if they do not improve the quality of care they provide, that they might send patients out of…

A new clinical study published in the May issue of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, showed that Masimo pleth variability index can help clinicians assess a patient's risk for mean arterial pressure decreases that lead to hypotension during anesthesia, allowing them to…

Florida's Shands HealthCare and the University of Florida Health Science Center in Gainesville have announced a $580 million, five-year collaboration focused on quality improvement, according to a joint news release from the organizations.

Minnesota nurses have authorized the largest nursing strike in U.S. history to begin June 1, according to a news release from the Minnesota Nurses Association.