Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from the meeting.

A new survey reveals that hospitalized patients are informed of less than half of all adverse events that they experience.

A new protocol that identifies patients who are at risk for venous thromboembolism may help significantly decrease rates of hospital-acquired pulmonary emboli.

Problems that arise when elderly patients make the move from the hospital to their home may be reduced or avoided by following a new transition program.

Longer hospital stays may result when patient care is divided among several physicians.

A new delirium assessment tool may help hospital healthcare providers more easily identify delirium in their patients.