The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, will allocate $4 million to establish the Chicago Center for Health and Environment.
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Inefficiencies in discharge processing and patient flow can threaten patient care, create long wait times and pose numerous financial setbacks for hospitals.
Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health and Banner Network Colorado, an ACO in Greeley, Colo., signed a provider agreement to link operations, The Tribune reports.
Some U.S. hospitals and health systems are turning to architecture to improve operational workflow and patient satisfaction.
The Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS will launch a technology competition focused on childhood obesity prevention Jan. 2.
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Corporations should bypass health insurers and negotiate contracts directly with hospitals, according to two University of California, Berkeley professors.
Hospital officials across Puerto Rico expect the situation to worsen significantly before it improves after Hurricane Maria damaged much of the island's infrastructure and left scores of residents depending on radio as their primary source of information, Reuters reports.
Ride share company Lyft and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles received $1 million from the AARP Foundation, part of a $6 million grant from UnitedHealth Group, to pilot a senior transportation program, CNBC reports.
Will integrating data on social determinants of health into clinical workflows improve patient outcomes? One Dallas research hub is determined to find out.
Amazon mistakenly delivered emails regarding nonexistent baby registries to a number of customers Sept. 19, CNN reports.