Category: Quality

Device-Safety Experts To FDA: Make Data Public

For almost two decades, device makers have sent reports of incidents to databases hidden from public view.

Hospital nurse shift patterns and collaboration — Strategies for improvement

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Lessening antibiotic use can help reduce hospital-onset C. diff

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Measles uptick may be ‘new normal,’ says CDC leader

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HAIs decreased in 2017 — C. diff down 13%, MRSA down 8%

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9 labor and delivery nurses pregnant at Maine hospital

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New Rules Will Ease Patients’ Access To Electronic Medical Records, Senate Panel Says

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), head of the influential HELP committee, wants to make it easier to share and store detailed medical histories.

Bill Gates: Global polio fight hindered by Taliban

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CMS star ratings don’t account for surgical volumes, study finds

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Nurse stabbed at New York hospital

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