The Joint Commission has released a free, downloadable brochure on the topic of stroke prevention and treatment. The brochure, titled “Speak Up: ‘What You Should Know About Stroke,'” was developed by ...

There are effective strategies that can be employed concurrently to promote adherence to medications for schizophrenia, including but not limited to pharmacological, technological, and psychosocial ...

Medication errors are an all-too-common problem in the U.S. In fact, they affect nearly 5 percent of the nation’s hospitalized patients, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. In ...

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 ...

A new study suggests that receiving text-based 'nudges' could help remind patients to refill their prescriptions, which may also help to reduce readmission rates.