Thirteen California hospitals, including seven in Los Angeles and Orange counties, have been fined for serious violations that lead to patient deaths in some cases, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.

A study published in The Archives of Internal Medicine demonstrated that gifts such as coffee mugs and pens can influence a physician's attitude toward certain medications, according to a report in the New York Times.  

The Massachusetts Public Health Council voted to approve new rules for implementing more aggressive public reporting of hospital errors, according to a report in The Boston Herald.  

Like many of hospitals around the country, our non-profit, community hospital has watched intently as ASCs have proliferated. We have noted the increasing interest of surgeons in owning these facilities, and the high rates of patient satisfaction they deliver. Not…

In a three-page letter delivered to Pres. Obama, 25 national healthcare, civil rights and legal organizations urged the president to address growing health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities.

The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of $50 million in Recovery Act funds to hospitals and surgery centers to help fight healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and improve patient safety at a speech before…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a report examining access to healthcare for rural Americans, according to an HHS news release.

The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority recently released its 2008 Annual Report, which examined participation in patient safety initiatives by healthcare facilities within the state, according to a PPSA news release.

A study by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project found that U.S. hospitals spent nearly $30.8 billion, approximately $1 of every $10 of total hospital expenditures, on potentially preventable conditions in 2006, according to…

A new study from Consumers Union, a nonprofit publisher of consumer reports, showed that while many hospitals have showed progress in certain areas of surgical infection prevention, almost 100,000 patients were left vulnerable to surgical site infection last year because…