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Recipients in effort to continue the success of HEN program include Carolinas Healthcare, Dignity and the Health Research & Educational Trust

Findings from the AHA/HRET HEN 2.0 improvement project across more than 1,500 hospitals show major reductions in early elective deliveries and surgical site infections.

Part eight in a series on trends affecting the hospital field.

Medication reconciliation and follow-up hold promise in bid to avoid penalties

Paul Keckley describes how hospital field execs can learn from drug company missteps.

Big data and next-generation sequencing are driving an accelerated demand for clinical informatics.

Top-down approach is unusual, and tricky to manage

Discharge-focused heart clinic at University of Virginia Health System reduced readmission rates and dropped costs for those enrolled.

Angus approved by Vancouver hospital to search high and low for the scent of <em>C. difficile</em>.

Inpatient physicians are well-positioned to be gatekeepers for polypharmacy.