Care Coordination

More than 100 million American adults are living with diabetes or prediabetes, according to the CDC's 2017 National Diabetes Statistics Report.

People in Newark, N.J., have the highest levels of stress of any U.S. city, according to an analysis by WalletHub. 

A 31-year-old man was shot outside of Chicago-based Mount Sinai Hospital's emergency department early Sunday morning.

Retail clinics have been successful in reducing emergency room visits for minor and preventable conditions, according to a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Parents of high school-age children are often unsure when their child's next vaccine is due, according to a national poll conducted by Ann Arbor, Mich.-based C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

Columbia-based Missouri Care, part of Tampa, Fla.-based managed care provider WellCare, signed a contract with St. Louis-based SSM Health that includes in-network access for Missouri Care's HealthNet Managed Care Members.

While serving as Georgia's top public health official in 2012, recently appointed CDC Director Brenda Fitzegerald, MD, spearheaded a campaign to reduce childhood obesity in the state, reports The Washington Post.

Mississippi Affiliated Health Network, a 13-hospital physician-led network in Jackson, aligned with Hartford Conn.-based Aetna for an integrated care delivery model.

Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit National Business Group on Health launched two tools to aid employers in ACO selection.

Disparities in daily walking patterns are a strong predictor of obesity prevalence across countries, according to recent research out of Stanford (Calif.) University.