A patient left in a chair at a North Carolina hospital for 22 hours died, the Associated Press reports.  

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released death rates for the past two years for pneumonia, heart attack, and heart failures. These rates are specific to individual hospitals across the country, CNN reports.  

The Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a tool intended to assist hospitals in testing and evaluating their emergency and disaster drills.  

The Department of Health and Human Services National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has released a brochure examining occupational stress in hospitals and the underlying causes and possible health effects.