Starting Oct. 5, hospitals will be required to submit two claims to Medicare when a surgical error is reported along with a covered service, according to a news release from the American Hospital Association.

Researchers at Loyola University Health System have found that high-risk orthopedic surgery patients had significantly shorter hospital stays when seen by hospitalists trained in managing complications from surgery, according to a release by Loyola University Health System.

A report from the Trust for America's Health found that 15 states could run out of available hospital beds if 35 percent of Americans would get sick from the H1N1 flu and 12 additional states could reach 75 percent capacity,…

More than two-thirds of EDs are exceeding recommended waiting times, which vary by condition, according to a new study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

A study from the University of Michigan Health System found that failure to rescue patients after complications, not the rate of complications following surgery, was a better predictor of patient mortality, according to a UMHS news release.

Results from Press Ganey's 2009 Outpatient Pulse Report: Patient Perspectives on American Health Care indicate that patient satisfaction with outpatient services has reached a five-year high, according to a Press Ganey news release.

Victoria Orto, RN, has been named chief nursing officer at 369-bed Durham (N.C.) Regional Hospital, according to a report by the Triangle Business Journal.

The American Medical Association has expedited the publication of a new code specific to vaccine administration and revised existing code 90663 to include the H1N1 vaccine, according to an AMA news release.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released the HCUP Facts and Figures: Statistics on Hospital-Based Care in the United States, 2007 study, which includes information on trends in hospital care from 1997-2007, according to an AHRQ news release.

A new report by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council found that mortality in Pennsylvania hospitals fell from 5.1 percent in 2002 to 4.2 percent in 2008, according to a release from the council.