Emergency departments delivered 47.7 percent of all medical care in the United States between 1996 and 2010, according to a study published in the International Journal of Health Services.
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Sutter Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Hospital reopened Tuesday, just eight days after the facility was shut down due to encroaching wildfires.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has proposed the Veterans Coordinated Access & Rewarding Experiences Act.
Inefficient discharge planning and patient flow is a widespread issue for many hospitals.
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente reopened two medical office buildings in Santa Rosa, Calif., and Rohnert Park, Calif., following wildfires that broke out across Northern California last week. However, the area hospital — Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center — remains…
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Broomfield, Colo.-based SCL Health and transportation company Lyft are working together to provide nonemergency transportation services to patients who need them.
Summa St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio, remains closed after a fire broke out in the facility's basement Friday morning.
Nearly 4 in 10 American adults are obese, according to the CDC's 2015-16 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Eric Hargan, acting HHS secretary, declared a public health emergency in California Oct. 15, as wildfires burn down more than 200,000 acres across 10 counties.
Eleven of 18 Next Generation ACOs generated shared savings in 2016 while seven saw losses, according to data CMS released Friday.