PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA—In its newest analysis of patient safety errors, ECRI Institute PSO today releases a Deep Dive review of reported events involving patient identification. 

Having more physicians employed by hospitals hasn’t provided benefits for patient care, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The American Medical Association has spoken out against the proposed Anthem-Cigna and Aetna-Humana mergers before, but the organization went further in a new analysis on how the consolidation of major insurers could affect competition. 

The investigation of the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport, New York, started with unsafe conditions in their operating rooms, but may have uncovered more widespread issues of fraud and abuse.

Nearly four out of five (78 percent) Medicare Advantage (MA) prescription drug plan enrollees didn’t change their plan between 2013 and 2014, which the Kaiser Family Foundation said raises questions about whether seniors have what they need to compare coverage.

Men with early prostate cancer can safely opt out of treatment without increasing their risk, though more patients will want treatment later on even when it’s unnecessary.

Almost every state, along with the District of Columbia, saw a decrease in Medicare 30-day hospital readmission rates between 2010 and 2015, falling by 8 percent nationally.

Nahid Bhadelia, an infectious disease physician at Boston Medical Center and the director of Infection Control at National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratory, penned a commentary about donated medical devices in the developing world on NPR.com.