The debate in the Monitor articles seems to be around the need for metal detectors at all entrance sites and/or the presence of an armed police officer in the ER or elsewhere in the hospital.

No hospital received a failing grade, but 12 did receive a "C" based on a formula by the Leapfrog Group that looks at dozens of different statistics, from the number of patient blood clots and bed ...

Revised at 7:30 p.m. to include comment from the family of Katie Annette Flowers. A bill that would criminalize disabling or removing ankle monitors is one step closer to becoming law in Texas ...