The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will bring 30 million newly insured patients to hospitals and physicians. What are some demographic traits of this large incoming group of patients? A new report from PwC paints a portrait.
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Louisville, Ky.-based Jewish Hospital is the newest participant in Surgery on a Sunday, a program that provides free essential outpatient surgery to those in need.
More physicians have become familiar with accountable care organizations in the last year, according to athenahealth's 2013 Physician Sentiment Index.
In Chicago, a small group of undocumented immigrants and advocates have made headlines for undertaking a now seven-day hunger strike to protest what they claim is a policy by Northwestern Memorial that bars undocumented immigrants from receiving organ transplants.
Medicaid recipients are the most satisfied with their healthcare coverage, and those with individual coverage the least satisfied, according to a report released by the Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation.
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Becoming culturally competent has social, health and business benefits for healthcare organizations, according to a report from the Equity of Care initiative and the American Hospital Association's Health Research & Educational Trust and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence.
Cultural competence in healthcare can help engage patients and reduce disparities, according to a report from the Equity of Care initiative and the American Hospital Association's Health Research & Educational Trust and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence.
Beginning next year, Americans will be required to obtain health insurance coverage or pay a fine. After this "individual mandate" — part of the comprehensive healthcare reform law passed in 2010 — goes into effect, roughly 30 million previously uninsured…
Those covered by health insurance are hospitalized less than those who are not and incur lower healthcare costs, according to a study in Health Affairs.
Cancer patients are more than twice as likely to go bankrupt than people without cancer, suggesting the need for healthcare providers to better assess patients' "financial health" and the need for more policy in helping cancer patients cover expenses in…