Urology Inc., a urology practice in Fall River, Mass., has joined New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Physician Group.

Is there anything more joyful to a mother than delivering a healthy baby? And helping that magical moment occur just a bit sooner is a good thing, right? Not according to the research.

Health literacy, the ability to understand and participate in one's healthcare, is important for all patients. However, some patients, such as those who do not speak English as a first language, have more challenges than others in acquiring health literacy.…

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved Senate amendments to the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013, according to an AHA News Now report.  

The trend of hospitals and health systems acquiring physician practices and employing physicians has surged in popularity recently. The nation's ranks of independent physicians shrunk from being 57 percent of physicians in 2000 to just 39 percent in 2012 and…

Many hospitals participating in Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality initiative have successfully reduced avoidable readmissions, according to an RWJF report.

Hospice care can yield significant cost savings to Medicare, even for patients enrolled one to seven days before death, according to a study in Health Affairs.

While evidence supports an association between nurse-patient ratios and inpatient mortality, a lack of stronger evidence precludes a definitive conclusion, according to a study in Annals of Internal Medicine.

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has partnered with MissionPoint Health Partners, St. Thomas Health's accountable care organization in Nashville, Tenn., to create a product for self-funded employer groups built around the ACO.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae have grown more resistant to last-resort antibiotics over the past 10 years.