A well-known program to keep "frequent flyer" patients out of the hospital does not cut readmissions any more than typical care protocols, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Offering palliative care services to patients with terminal conditions can help reduce their use of the intensive care unit, a study published in JAMA Network Open shows.

A 5-year-old boy and 32-year-old man have been hospitalized after suffering coyote bites in Chicago, NBC News reports.

A family is joining a class-action lawsuit against Seattle Children's hospital as their 5-month-old daughter battles for her life after falling ill from Aspergillus mold during surgery at the facility, KIRO 7 reports. 

Children are likely to receive unnecessary medical care regardless of what type of insurance they have, according to a study published Jan. 1 in Pediatrics.

Below are eight hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Minnesota health officials reported that in November 2019 an infant died from whooping cough, six years after the last whooping cough-related infant death in 2013.

The Southwest Utah Public Health Department confirmed Jan. 7 the state's first flu-related death of the 2019-20 season. 

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that are seeking chief quality officers.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is allocating $76 million in funding for research focused on healthcare improvement.

The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services confirmed the first flu-related deaths of the 2019-20 season Jan. 7.

Aurora-based Children's Hospital Colorado detected the nation's largest outbreak of enterovirus A71, known to cause severe neurological disease and hand, foot and mouth disease in children, according to a Dec. 16 article published by The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 

Scientists discovered a new strain of coronavirus while investigating the cause of a mysterious pneumonia outbreak that's sickened dozens of people in central China, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The CMS ratings program that compares hospitals on a scale of one to five stars, may be penalizing hospitals serving disadvantaged communities for factors outside of their control, an analysis published in the journal Medical Care found.

Most Americans believe that the preventive health benefits of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is very high, and more than half say the risk of side effects is low, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

Overall cancer death rates in the U.S. fell by 2.2 percent from 2016 to 2017, the largest single‐year drop ever recorded, according to a report from the American Cancer Society.

In a press release today, Collective Medical announced a nationwide rollout to help support sepsis survivors.

More than half of pelvic examinations and almost three-quarters of Pap tests performed on young U.S. women from 2011 through 2017 were potentially unnecessary, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found.

Correcting inaccurate information about vaccines is a significant challenge, a study published in the journal Vaccine found.

Hospitals could lower childbirth costs by at least 20 percent by addressing serious complications linked to preventable harm and preexisting chronic conditions, according to a report from Premier.