Northern Maine (Fort Kent) Medical Center is adding a program to give patients their prescriptions before being discharged, WAGM, a local CBS affiliate, reported. 

The American College of Physicians became the latest medical group to throw its support behind "Medicare for All" and other healthcare reforms, including a public option health plan.

The healthcare industry could save 33 percent, or $13.3 billion, on current spending each year if administrative tasks were automated, according to an analysis from the nonprofit CAQH.

In 2018, 21 employees at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic had salaries that surpassed $1 million, compared to 20 million-dollar employees a year before, according to the Post Bulletin.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente temporarily will close its Woodland Hills Medical Center in Los Angeles after being told the facility won't have running water for several more days.

Below are 10 hospitals or health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CMOs.

National healthcare spending increased 4.6 percent to a record $3.6 trillion in 2018, a growth rate that has shown no signs of slowing as drugs become more expensive and the incidence of chronic conditions continues to increase in the U.S.

Health inspectors found numerous deficiencies at two Veterans Affairs facilities in Massachusetts, according to a pair of federal reports cited by The Boston Globe.

Nurse managers at Arlington-based Texas Health Resources will start using a new digital rounding tool this month to help improve patients' hospital experience, reports the Cleburne Times-Review.

Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center has launched a center that aims to offer safe, accessible and comprehensive care to people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning and other sexual identities, or LGBTQ+.

Nicole Baldwin, MD, a pediatrician in Cincinnati, is facing a death threat and other online harassment after posting a video on social media platform TikTok that was pro-vaccination, according to MedPage Today.

Roe v. Wade, the landmark court case that legalized abortion across the country, still has the support of a majority of Americans, a Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows.

Nursing and finance leaders must improve mutual understanding to agree on methods for allocating nursing resources, according to a new report published Jan. 21 by the Healthcare Financial Management Association. 

The FDA approved Jan. 21 Medtronic's Micra AV, the world's smallest pacemaker with atrioventricular synchrony, according to the company. 

Reva Medical, a San Diego-based devicemaker that specializes in vascular devices, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Mass Device reported. 

Spartan Medical, a medical device supplier, filed a lawsuit accusing Globus Medical, a devicemaker, of breaking its $2.1 billion contract to supply Veterans Affairs hospitals with medical supplies.

Medline hasn't been sterilizing medical equipment at its Waukegan, Ill., facility since mid-December because it didn't meet new state standards for ethylene oxide emission, according to the Lake County Health Department.

Five years ago, Keith Gray, MD, wasn't overly familiar with the term "social determinants of health." He was also surprised to learn that 173,000 people were living in at-risk zip codes around Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center, where he was practicing as a surgical oncologist.

Forbes released its third annual ranking of the top 500 U.S. employers for diversity on Jan. 21, with several healthcare organizations included on the list.

Socially Determined, which uses data analytics to identify patients in need of social services interventions, closed an $11.1 million funding round with participation from Lafayette (La.) General Health and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's venture arm.