More than 133.9 million people are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution, up from 125 million people, according to 2014-16 data from the American Lung Association's State of the Air 2018 report.
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23andMe rolled out a new service that allows customers to rate treatments for 18 common health conditions.
U.S. healthcare systems need to become more climate-conscious by acknowledging current environmental risks and becoming more eco-friendly, according to a recent column from The Commonwealth Fund's President David Blumenthal, MD, and Shanoor Seervai, a senior research and communications associate.
Albuquerque-based New Mexico Heart Institute, one of the state's largest cardiology practices, terminated its contract with Presbyterian Health Plan — a move that will affect about 3,000 patients, the Albuquerque Journal reports.
KIMBERLY RUSSO. CEO of the George Washington Hospital (Washington, D.C.) On the top challenge “The Washington, D.C. region has one of the highest incidences of end-stage renal disease in the country, resulting in an urgent and high demand for kidney…
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DANIEL DEBEHNKE, MD. CEO of Nebraska Medicine (Omaha) On the top challenge “Probably the biggest thing facing the communities and the people of Nebraska is access to healthcare. Specifically for us as an academic medical center, access to specialty care is…
The National Institutes of Health awarded $5 million to 20 researchers across 12 universities and health systems to study gun deaths among children and teens — the largest grant for gun research in two decades.
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and Walmart are teaming up on an ACO for Walmart employees based in the metro Atlanta area, as well as a bundled payment program for spine surgeries and joint replacement surgeries.
An ambulance caught fire with a patient on board while traveling to a hospital in North Carolina April 16, according to The News Herald.
Humana added a second specialty bundled payment initiative to its value-based care program: a maternity episode-based model.