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Physician groups' opposition to doctors participating in death penalty executions has put a moratorium on prisoner executions in North Carolina for nearly a year.
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The Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) devoted its June 2007 issue to a quality measurement program called the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (ACS NSQIP).
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The June 2007 Fiscal Survey of States issued by the National Governors Association (NGA) and National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) reported stable state financial conditions in FY 2007 and the prospect of a steady FY 2008 for most states ...
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Where one lives clearly matters for access to care when it is needed, the quality of care that can be received, and opportunities to lead healthier lives, according to a new state-by-state scorecard issued by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System.
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If adolescents and young women are not being routinely screened for chlamydia at your facility, it is time to reverse the trend, says the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
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In a retrospective case-control analysis conducted within the U.S. Veterans Affairs hospitals, the incidence of cryoglobulinemia, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were each found to be significantly increased in patients with hepatitis-C viral infection.
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Up to 20% of patients undergoing coronary angiography have normal arteries or mild luminal irregularities.
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A former trial attorney who has represented hospitals in numerous malpractice claims seems the unlikely source of a call for transparency and full disclosure with regard to nosocomial infections and other adverse patient outcomes.
