Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente announced three initiatives to help secure affordable housing across the system's footprint and help end homelessness Jan. 15.
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Lighthouse Health Plan, a physician-led Medicaid health plan in Pensacola, Fla., will begin serving 24,000 patients Feb. 1, according to the Pensacola News Journal.
The World Health Organization will launch its five-year strategic plan at the start of 2019, and kicked it off with a list of the top 10 issues that will "demand attention from WHO and health partners" this year.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina will invest $750,000 in a program aimed at addressing the state's primary care physician shortage, the health insurer said Jan. 7.
Cancer patients are more than four times more likely to commit suicide than people who do not have cancer, a study published in Nature Communications found.
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The Texas Hospital Association is helping hospitals combat the opioid crisis by adapting existing technology to give providers better information when they need it, according to the Houston Chronicle.
UPMC Health Plan is expanding its vendor pool to include smaller and more diverse partners, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The closing of a regional medical center in Knoxville, Tenn., has severely prolonged patient ER wait times, exacerbated an ambulance shortage and diverted firefighters from other potential emergencies as they wait on ambulances stalled at area ERs, NBC-affiliate TV station…
A nonprofit organization is stepping in to help employees at Claremore (Okla.) Indian Hospital as the government shutdown continues, News On 6 reports.
Philips has recently announced the launch of Philips Cares, a new digital experience that empowers caregivers and their loved ones to connect care and enhance support with meaningful insights across the aging journey.