A survey published in JAMA Internal Medicine examined residents' diagnostic error rates, finding diagnostic errors occur in up to 15 percent of patient encounters.

The healthcare industry is most at risk for insider threats to cybersecurity, Forbes reported.

A new report from the American Medical Association, Pew Charitable Trusts and MedStar Health outlined how The Joint Commission could help EHRs be safer by inspecting whether organizations are following certain guidelines.

New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association found EHRs left both patients and physicians unsatisfied in outpatient settings.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the government department that regulates the medical devices sector, announced its intention to use ISO 13485 as the basis for its quality system legislation.

The Outpatient Ophthalmic Surgery Society outlined four ways ophthalmic ASCs can be HIPAA compliant in a recent webinar.

Research published in the American Journal of Infection Control examined how the Hawthorne effect, or a change in behavior due to being observed, affects hand hygiene compliance rates.

More records were exposed this month in healthcare data breaches than any previous month in 2018 so far, according to HIPAA Journal.

A new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control found healthcare professionals often do not speak up about hand hygiene failures.

Medline's Outpatient Outcomes magazine outlined three steps ASCs can take to improve their infection control measures.

With physician burnout rates increasing, a panel of speakers discussed career alternatives at the American Academy of Neurology's annual meeting, April 21 to April 27 in Los Angeles, Medscape reports.

The ASC Quality Collaboration released its report on ASC quality for the first quarter of 2018.

Anthem, the largest health insurance company in the U.S., agreed to settle litigation over a 2015 hacking incident that compromised the personal information of 79 million people for $115 million, ABC News reported.

A new Kalorama report estimated the EHR market will grow to $39.7 billion by 2022.

The OIG said Maryland's Medicaid system has numerous "significant" security weaknesses needing to be addressed.

As legislators roll out opioid-related requirements with major implications for ASCs, Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute is fighting the epidemic with its own prescribing protocol.

The FDA hosted a webinar focusing on the importance of infection control in outpatient oncology, ContagionLive reported.

Imprivata PatientSecure, a new biometric scanning technology, enhances patient safety by tying a patient's record to their unique palm vein pattern.

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses Foundation awarded Charlottesville-based The Outpatient Surgery Center at University of Virginia and Atlanta-based The Emory Clinics ASC its 2018 Go Clear Award.

Bacteria are becoming increasingly resistant to alcohol-based disinfectants used in hospitals, such as hand rubs, according to a study published in Science Translational Medicine.