A recent study assessed patients’ preferred route of administering biologic drugs for severe asthma, as well as their related beliefs and preferences. The authors said convenience and efficacy beliefs ...

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is a pain-management technique that allows patients to self-administer predetermined doses of pain medication using a programmable pump. 1 This approach offers ...

About one-third of patients prefer in-hospital administration, particularly if they are older or already make frequent visits to the hospital. Most patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) would prefer ...

A coalition of obesity-related patient advocacy groups is calling on the incoming Trump administration to finalize a proposal that would allow Medicare to cover obesity medications. Led by the Obesity ...

Most hospitals are equipped with bar-code medication administration (BCMA) capabilities—they're just not fully taking advantage of the technology, according to a new report. Castlight Health analyzed ...

Healthcare administration sits at the crossroads of patient care and system efficiency. In this dynamic field, administrators face the challenge of balancing high-quality patient care with operational ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

The Biden administration met World Patient Safety Day with a blitz of new programs, panel discussions and commitments from government agencies as well as healthcare industry organizations all focused ...

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Positive high-level results from a pre-specified interim analysis of the Phase III TULIP-SC trial in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) showed that the ...

Hospitals have long tracked patient satisfaction ratings, but they didn’t always carry great significance. While all hospitals want happy patients, hospitals have been historically plagued with the ...