A study from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) found the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has largely achieved its goals—and contrary to the findings of an earlier study, it didn’t increase mortality rates.

Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel have “widespread” issues with fatigue. So scientists from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have developed guidelines to combat the problem in order to reduce medical errors and risk of injury.

A worse-than-expected flu season has strained hospital resources. If facilities can struggle with something so foreseeable, then what happens when the next flu pandemic hits?

A video of a patient discharged from the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in Baltimore and left at a bus stop wearing only a thin hospital gown has prompted criticism of the hospital, an apology and the promise of a state investigation.

Hospitals accredited by the Joint Commission which offer services for labor and delivery will have three new documentation elements of performance (EPs) beginning on July 1.

Some physicians working in hospitals now openly admit they went too far in prescribing opioids as they tried to make a patient’s stay as pain-free as possible. With creating an addiction now a major concern, physician habits have changed, which means preparing patients for more pain.

Clinicians who participated in the Quality Payment Program (QPP) established by Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) can now submit their 2017 performance data through an online system—and not to multiple websites as with past CMS programs.

The Joint Commission has adopted a stricter standard on hand hygiene for all its accreditation programs as of Jan. 1, warning healthcare organizations if surveyors observe one worker failing to wash their hands in the process of direct patient care, it will be cited as a deficiency.