In a sign of accelerating efforts by hospitals to align themselves with physicians, a California hospital association is floating the idea of forming a joint foundation to supply its hospital members with physicians, according to a report by the Wall…

Thanks to a Commonwealth Fund grant, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices will resurvey hospitals on their medication safety practices later this year, according to a report by AHA News Now.

The American Pain Society has announced the winners of its prestigious annual achievement awards for excellence in the field of pain management in six categories including awards for career achievement, pain scholarship, education and public service, advocacy on behalf of…

A majority of representatives in the U.S. House wants its leadership to introduce a bill extending extra federal funds to states for Medicaid and other healthcare assistance programs, according to a report by AHA News Now.

Bar-code technology that includes an electronic medication administration record (eMAR) significantly reduces potential drug-related adverse events and transcription and medication administration errors, according to a study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality published in the New England Journal…

Physicians' diagnoses and overall spending levels for Medicare patients vary substantially across U.S. regions, according to two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine.

As hospitals buy up practices and get back into the physician practice management business, they need to be aware that practices are fundamentally different from hospitals, according to Marc Halley, president and CEO of Halley Consulting Group in Westerville, Ohio.

Douglas Mayers, MD, has been appointed chief of the Institute of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, according to a report by the Cleveland Sun News.

Mortality rates decline after computerized physician order entry is implemented, a recent study by Lucile Packard Children's Hospital found, according to a report in the Stanford Daily.

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has launched the "IP Program Evaluation Tool," designed to help professionals assess the resources needed to improve patient safety through infection prevention programs, according to an APIC news release.