In 2015, unintentional suffocation caused 87 percent of deaths due to unintentional injury among children younger than one year old in the U.S., according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
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Atlanta police officers are investigating the disappearance of Dr. Timothy Cunningham, team lead for the CDC's division of population health, who was last seen leaving work Feb. 12, according to a report from FOX 5.
Becker's Hospital Review caught up with Martie Moore, RN, MAOM, CPHQ, CNO for Medline, to discuss this year's flu outbreak and strategies hospitals are deploying to protect employees, patients and communities.
Minneapolis-based healthcare technology company Hitch Health partnered with ridesharing company Lyft to provide nonemergency medical transportation for patients who frequently miss medical appointments.
Health systems are increasingly turning to big data to drive innovation in their facilities. While innovation can take many forms, one Midwestern health system chose to focus on what it calls "radical access to care," successfully integrating social determinants of…
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Two hospitals recently acquired by Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare from Chicago-based Presence are back in network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois as of Feb. 16, The News-Gazette reports.
Accountable Care Organizations play a significant role in the US healthcare system when it comes to providing value-based care.
McDonald's is aiming to make its food healthier for children by removing the cheeseburger from the U.S. Happy Meal menu and decreasing the french fry serving in its Mighty Kids Meal, Reuters reports.
Consuming one or more sugary beverages per day may decrease chances of getting pregnant, according to a study published in Epidemiology.
Lebanon, N.H.-based Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital will shutter its maternity ward July 15, transitioning those services to Lebanon-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center as part of a planned merger, according to the Valley News.