Care Coordination

Since Jan. 1, Becker's Hospital Review reported 18 hospitals had declared plans to shutter or consolidate select departments within their facilities.

Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare will close its urgent care facility in Auburn, Maine, its primary care clinic in Mechanic Falls, Maine, and cut 38 jobs as part of a cost reduction plan to help offset the system's $12 million deficit…

The death rate for Americans between the ages of 25 and 44 rose by eight percent between 2010 and 2015 after a century of decline, according to an investigation by The Washington Post.

In its annual Kids Count report, the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation children's advocacy group ranked every state according to the health of its children.

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna will offer a jointly-owned health plan to residents in northern California next year.

A total of 107.7 million children and 603.7 million adults worldwide were obese in 2015, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Shattuck, Okla.-based Newman Memorial Hospital reopened its surgical unit after closing it in May 2015 to cut costs, according to a Woodward News report.

Park Forest, Ill.-based La Rabida Children's Advocacy Center has — in less than one year — doubled the amount of services provided to children who've experienced alleged sexual abuse or psychological trauma.

An individual's perception of loneliness is linked to self-reported acute illness symptoms, according to a recent study by the American Psychological Association.

Marketing matters when it comes to eating healthy, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.