Healthcare added 30,500 jobs in October and the overall U.S. economy gained 171,000 new jobs, according to preliminary figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Numerous organizations have commented on the FDA's July proposed rule for a unique device identifier system. The system would track medical tools, allowing for prompt recall of any devices deemed dangerous to patient safety.

For every problem that health IT might solve, it seems it introduces a few new problems as well. The ECRI Institute, a nonprofit patient safety organization, has released its sixth annual report listing the top health technology hazards for the coming year.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has unveiled the Pharmacy Survey on Patient Safety Culture, the latest in a series of risk assessment toolkits for providers.

Primary care physicians (PCP) serving Medicaid beneficiaries will start receiving higher payments in January 2013 thanks to a final rule published on Nov. 1.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has made available the medications at transitions and clinical hand-offs toolkit to assist providers developing or revising medication reconciliation programs.

A new generation of providers is likely to deliver the same variations in healthcare as the old unless residency programs and students commit to changing hospitals’ bad habits, according to an Oct. 31 report published by the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice.

Connected healthcare, from remote monitoring to greater connectivity among providers, encompasses a wide range of topics and it seemed that most of those topics were covered during last week’s ninth annual Connected Health Symposium in Boston. Hopefully, you were able to read our coverage of the very energetic conference, which had a multitude of passionate speakers.