hospital-acquired conditions

Personal tragedies involving family and friends motivated this CEO to launch Peptilogics.

Researchers found that 22.7% of adverse events among inpatients were preventable.

Top healthcare executives from across the country are set to participate in a special HealthLeaders leadership summit this month in...

Strategizing across departments will be a crucial step in avoiding these penalties as directors within the middle revenue cycle can...

Eight years into the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, 2,046 hospitals have been penalized at least once.

More than 10,000 patients were diagnosed with COVID after being hospitalized for other medical conditions in 2020.

HealthLeaders covered many of the most pressing coronavirus pandemic stories last year, including lessons learned, vaccination challenges and efforts, behavioral...

Major increases were found in 2020 compared to 2019 in four serious infection types: central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary...

A growing number of health systems are offering people with more serious health conditions hospital-level treatment in the comfort of...

On any given day, one in every 31 hospital patients has an infection that was contracted during their stay, according...

Memorial Healthcare budgets to implement Intelligent Observations' sensor-driven approach systemwide.

Laboratory workers and clinicians must remain vigilant in regard to needlesticks, sharps safety, and bloodborne infection prevention.