A partial collapse of Charleston, W.Va.-based CAMC Memorial Hospital's parking garage injured three construction workers and stopped patients who parked in the garage from leaving Wednesday morning, according to WSAZ.
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A female patient and two nursing staff members were injured Tuesday afternoon when a fire sparked at 203-bed Williamsport (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, part of Williamsport-based UPMC Susquehanna.
A patient fled Laguna Hills, Calif.-based Saddleback Regional Medical Center early Sunday morning and was killed running across the freeway, according to the Orange County Register.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier is creating a national opioid safety pilot program to improve post-operative pain management.
Efforts to reduce readmissions for heart attack, heart failure and pneumonia were not associated with increased mortality rates after the ACA's passage, according to a study published in JAMA.
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A study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, detailed a new team-based model that lowered prescription opioid use among patients with chronic pain by almost half.
Four out of five opioid prescriptions written after surgery from 2013 to 2015 at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic exceed opioid prescribing draft guidelines developed by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, according to an internal Mayo study published in the…
Heavy opioid use among beneficiaries and questionable opioid prescribing practices poses an issue for Medicare, according to a new report from the HHS Office of Inspector General.
The National Quality Forum will launch a new initiative to curb opioid misuse.
While opioid prescriptions have declined since 2010, the amount of opioids prescribed in 2015 was still three times higher than in 1999, according to the CDC's most recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.