Health Catalyst launched the Patient Safety Monitor Suite: Surveillance Module, the first comprehensive patient safety application to combine data reviewed by clinician and predictive text analytics to monitor, predict and prevent threats to patient safety before harm occurs.

Antibiotic overuse is more prevalent in urgent care clinics than other ambulatory care settings, according to an article published in JAMA Internal Medicine, reported on by Medscape.

The HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is no longer supporting the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality National Guideline Clearinghouse due to cuts in President Donald Trump’s federal budget, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians. The NGC and the National Quality Measures Clearinghouse closed on July 16.

When HSTpathways CEO Tom Hui founded his company and set about developing an EHR for the ASC setting, he did it with the unique challenges of surgery centers in mind.

McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health shipped a combined 1.6 billion doses of opioids into Missouri from 2012 through 2017, according to a report Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., released July 12.

The three recipients of the 2018 John M. Eisenberg Award are featured in the Journal on Quality and Patient Safety's July issue.

Although there are more job postings for registered nurses than med tech positions, postings for med tech jobs are growing at a faster rate, according to a Joblift analysis.

To address the growing threat of antibiotic resistance, several organizations are joining forces to develop best practices for antibiotic stewardship.

A study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, claims physicians that had at least one major burnout symptom were twice as likely to report a major medical error over a three month period, Medscape reports.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association launched an online opioid resource center offering information to clinicians working in ASCs, including studies on long-term opioid use, articles covering opioid prescription and more.

Researchers developed a blood test based on patients' internal clocks to help providers administer drugs at ideal times, Verdict Medical Devices reports on a study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Australian researchers are undertaking a four-year, $20 million project to potentially minimize the risk of infection after orthopedic surgery.

A study of U.S. home healthcare nurses, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, found attitudes and organizational policies are more likely to improve infection control compliance than nurses' knowledge of IC practices.

Although the 2018 final rule for the federal Quality Payment Program (QPP), MACRA (the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act), did not hold big surprises, certain aspects of MACRA Year 2 still pose confusion for eligible clinicians.

The difference in the infection rates between surgery centers and hospitals is significant, according to Health Talks podcast host Tom Farmer. Mr. Farmer is also the CEO and founder of Healora, a healthcare pricing transparency solution.

Patients who remained or became opioid dependent after surgery for degenerative spondylolisthesis had significantly higher healthcare utilization and costs post-op, according to a study in the Journal of Neurosurgery. 

SPH Analytics named Kailua, Hawaii-based Windward Surgery Center a 2017 National APEX Quality Award winner for outstanding patient satisfaction and overall quality of care. 

The Joint Commission is revising the requirements in National Patient Safety Goal 03.05.01, Reducing Harm from Anticoagulant Therapy.

While hospitals see more high-severity closed claims, most ASC-related claims are low or medium in severity, according to Anesthesiology News.

Surgeons and physicians can help alleviate the risk of patients becoming addicted to opioids by improving coordination about the prescription of opioids after surgery, University of Michigan researchers found.