Despite having some of the most advanced medical care in the world, the U.S. falls short on most major measures of health compared to economically similar countries, according to a report from The Commonwealth Fund.
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A bill that would ban the sale of flavored vaping products has passed the New Jersey Assembly and Senate, according to CBS News.
The shift to value-based care has continued to gain momentum despite regulatory uncertainty. This transition is driving an increased focused on population health management. Various tools and strategies have emerged to support population health initiatives, but every organization defines population…
Although malnutrition is rarely associated with developing countries like the United States, evidence suggests that one in two patients older than 65 years of age entering the hospital may either be malnourished or at risk of malnutrition. Some patients become…
A New York Supreme Court judge nullified the state ban on the sale of certain flavored e-cigarette liquids saying the state had overstepped its authority and that the ban would have a significant and negative effect on the vaping industry,…
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The expected number of births per U.S. woman hit a record low in 2018, far below the rate needed for the generation to replace itself, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Jan. 10.
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health has partnered with Lyft to offer its patients and employees customized transportation programs.
Even with access to an established safety-net health system, low-income adults in Southern states that expanded Medicaid saw higher health benefits than residents of states that didn't expand the federal health insurance program, according to a study published in Health…
Local healthcare services are working to coordinate care while Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital operates at reduced capacity more than a month after a burst water pipe flooded the facility, according to NPR's affiliate radio station WABE.
A common claim, that use of e-cigarettes is "95 percent less risky or harmful" than smoking cigarettes is misleading and invalid, according to an editorial published in the American Journal of Public Health.