A link between patient safety indicators (PSIs) and patient outcomes can be found—but only after researchers went deeper than claims data would allow and questioned the accuracy of billing based on PSIs.

Being penalized under the Hospitals Readmissions Reduction Act (HRRA) led to lower 30-day readmissions at those hospitals compared to non-penalized facilities, according to a study published in JAMA.

Elderly patients have better outcomes when hospitalized if cared for by a female physician than a male, according to a Harvard University study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. 

Wide variation in prices for the same procedures at hospitals around New York State isn’t based on quality of care, but rather the facility’s market power.

Beginning January 19, 2017, powdered medical gloves will be banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which cites “an unreasonable and substantial risk of illness or injury.”

A Chicago Tribune investigation tested how often pharmacists would recognize and warn patients about potentially dangerous interactions between two of their prescriptions.

The Joint Commission has released a report offering the rationale behind its updated safety goals on catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) for hospitals.

Hospital-acquired infections and the deaths caused by them plunged between 2010 and 2015, according to a new report released by HHS.