Quality and Safety

The testing company that could upend America's diagnostics market will partner with Capital BlueCross in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to bring the company's new direct-to-consumer blood testing options to the insurer's 1.3 million members.

The evolution of deadly, infectious bacteria must be countered with the healthcare system’s own transformation in prevention, consumer advocates and government experts argue.

According to iVantage, these hospitals excel at managing risk, achieving high quality, outcomes and patient satisfaction while running on lower reimbursements and charges than their peers.

The alliance will centralize certain services relating to purchasing and electronic health records and extend physician networks.

Dozens of advocates for saving rural hospitals from closure marched into Washington D.C. on Monday, after walking 283 miles to signify the 283 rural hospitals that are on the brink of closure.

OSHA is extending its National Emphasis Program on Nursing and Residential Care Facilities because the healthcare industry still has more reported workplace injuries than any other general industry.

That promise of savings has a lot of health care specialists taking a harder look at predictive computer formulas.

Entrepreneur claims direct-to-consumer laboratory testing and price transparency are an integral piece of health reform and a solution to America's disease and cost problems.

Rule allows certified registered nurse anesthetists to practice in rural and critical access hospitals without direct physician supervision under rules developed by each facility in consultation with the medical staff.

Invitae has rolled out a one-price-fits-all payment model for its range of tests, charging a set $475 for any test for patients who don't go through their health insurance.