These steps can help improve hospital-patient safety: 1. Monitor your meds ... ask your nurse—or a friend or relative—to help you out of bed and, if possible, take a stroll.

Study finds delays in hospital transfers put lives at risk, highlighting the need for improved coordination and communication between hospitals to prevent death ...

Across Chicago and downstate, thousands of high-cost hospital beds routinely lie empty. Below, explore Crain's first-of-its-kind analysis of every hospital in the state. To find out what caused ...