After the October 2014 outbreak of Ebola in the U.S. led to several life-threatening cases in U.S. hospitals, it became apparent that many healthcare workers don't follow proper PPE protocol.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) sent a report on October 13 to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging for better...Read More »
Six Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) grantees have been given $13.4 million to test new pediatric quality measures over the next four...Read More »
In a newly published analysis, the ECRI Institute reviewed 7,600 wrong-patient events in 181 hospitals. Roughly 9% of those errors resulted in a...Read More »
The Joint Commission released its 2017 reporting requirements for ORYX, a performance measurement and improvement initiative for which facilities...Read More »
One study by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) found that 14% of physicians have experienced a...Read More »