Georgetown University and MedStar National Rehabilitation Network, both in Washington, D.C., announced the creation of the Center for Brain Plasticity and Recovery through a new partnership.
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St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., part of Boston-based Steward Health Care System, has opened the region's first Orthodox Jewish visitor room as part of its strategy to become more culturally competent, according to a Boston Globe report.
From 2007 to 2010, children's inpatient admissions and outpatient visits decreased nearly 3 percent while use of other outpatient services rose 10.5 percent, according to a Health Care Cost Institute report (pdf).
A study of Oregon's Medicaid expansion has revealed improved health of newly insured patients but higher costs, according to a New York Times report.
Texas Children's Hospital in Houston and the Baylor College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics announced the start of a three-year American College of Graduate Medical Education-accredited fellowship program in child abuse pediatrics.
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An estimated 46.3 million Americans lacked health insurance in 2011, according to the Centers for Disease Control's National Health Interview Survey.
The number of uninsured Massachusetts residents that need to pay a tax penalty for not having health insurance continues to fall, according to a Boston Herald report.
If the Supreme Court decides to strike down only the individual health insurance mandate when it rules on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act later this month, there will likely still be an expansion in the number of insured…
Seventy eight percent of Americans who will be eligible for health insurance subsidies created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have never heard of state-based health insurance exchanges, which they would need to access to shop for coverage,…
The percentage of citizens qualifying for both Medicaid and Medicare varies widely from state to state, according to data from a recent Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured report.