The percentage of U.S. citizens screened for cancer remains below national targets, with significant disparities among racial and ethnic populations, according to research published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The Louisiana Hospital Association has launched a workplace wellness initiative for hospitals across the state, according to an LHA news release (pdf).
Lincoln Hospital in New York City has launched the Lincoln Art Exchange, which allows uninsured artists to exchange their talents for healthcare services, according to a New York Daily News report.
As Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York gains market share, it is growing less popular with neighboring hospitals that claim the well-known facility siphons more profitable patients from the community, according to a Crain's New York Business report.
In 2009, roughly 21.5 percent of people aged 50 or higher cut back on healthcare expenditures — such as switching to cheaper generic drugs or reducing drug dosages — and 19.4 percent skipped or postponed physician appointments altogether in order…
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The New York State Department of Health has awarded grants totaling up to $500,000 to five healthcare providers who will deliver healthcare in underserved communities over the next two years.
In May of this year,The Healing Community Center at City of Refuge in Atlanta, a new clinic for the poor and homeless, opened its doors and will eventually provide primary care and other healthcare services to 1,500 patients a month.…
More than $14 million has been awarded to 45 school-based health centers across the country, allowing the number of children served to increase by nearly 50 percent, according to an HHS news release.
Estimated at close to 50 million strong, the fate of America's uninsured has caused quite a stir of late. As the media anxiously reports on the U.S. Supreme Court's acquiescence to assess the constitutionality of certain tenets at the heart…
Consumer satisfaction with their personal healthcare costs has remained stable over the last 10 years, according to results from Gallup's annual Health and Healthcare survey.