Traditional Medicare spends much more on post-hospital care for people in their 60s than private insurance, but the additional spending doesn’t keep patients from ending up back in the hospital.

Using a real-world outbreak as a test case, a team combined patient transfer data and whole-genome sequencing to identify hot spots for antibiotic-resistant bacteria transmission.

A new understanding of the interaction among multidrug-resistant bacteria, and how antibiotics affect them, could lead to better infection prevention.

A collaborative approach with external coaching support makes gains and holds potential to be used for other patient safety issues, researchers say.