Quality and Safety

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute already has funded 468 studies, and last month opened the second phase of a program to create research networks covering specific diseases and involving millions of patients across the country.

Massive stores of data about what works for which patients are literally changing the way medicine is practiced.

Hospitals that are flunking out when it comes to patient safety really only have one choice, according to the Leapfrog Group: Get better.

When it comes to patient safety at U.S. hospitals, 34 facilities may be putting patient's lives at risk, according to the Leapfrog Group's Fall 2015 Hospital Safety Score rankings.

While Maine, Massachusetts and Florida earned top marks, other states like Vermont, New Mexico and Alabama performed poorly. See the complete list.

The New England state saw 68 percent of its facilities earn an "A" grade in the latest rankings, with 11 of the 16 hospitals earning highest marks. It is the fourth time in a row Maine led the rankings.

As the 2015 Medical Innovations Summit marks its 10th year when it opens Sunday at the Cleveland Convention Center, an advisory panel of Cleveland Clinic doctors helped to compile a Top 10 list of the top medical innovations of the past 10 years.

One out of every six patients over the past two years received care in a hospital rated low for performance, or one-star, according to a new Healthgrades report that shows hospital quality varying across the country, regionally and within local markets.

Advocate Health Care's South Suburban Hospital in Chicago will pay $10.4 million after a court ruled that negligence in administering blood pressure medication resulted in permanent disfigurement of a surgical patient.

The number of lowest and highest-ranked hospitals for patient experience slid in the latest Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare list, according to new data.