Quality and Safety

Vows to lobby Congress for comprehensive action on the issue, calls for lift of 20-year ban on CDC research on gun violence.

Mosquitoes bearing Zika — a virus that can cause birth defects when contracted by pregnant women — are expected to reach the United States as soon as this summer, with Florida and Texas likely to be among the hardest-hit states.

The goal is to rapidly design, develop, prototype, and showcase new healthcare solutions.

Omicia to expand HIPAA-compliant, cloud-enabled platform for research, population health, clinical trials.

CHIME has named two winners of the "Concept Blitz Round" of the National Patient ID Challenge it launched with HeroX, selected from an initial round of eight finalists.

The plaintiff, known only as M.P.B., alleges that Theranos Edison machine produced results that were not accurate. 

Patrick Conway, MD, Chief Medical Officer of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said the networks will advance systemic use of proven practices on a national scale. 

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News In his recent book, “The Finest Traditions of My Calling,” Dr.

In a $36 million contract with Philips, the hospital system is working to improve the collection and management of patient data to standardize clinical practices and enable interoperability with other systems.

Putting patients at the center of preventing mortality from blood clots, and being more aware of them in recognizing their onset, is key to stemming the disease burden. We can do more to engage with information, tools and other patients and programs to help monitor this condition.