Even though health reform will allow 32 million previously uninsured Americans to get regular care from physicians, many of these patients are expected to continue crowding into emergency departments.

Southcoast Health System, a hospital system in Southeastern Massachusetts, has signed an affiliation agreement with physicians from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston — instead of one of Boston's hospitals — to provide guidance on cancer treatments, according to a…

The Health Services Coalition, a group of 24 self-funded insurance plans, has told a group of 13 Las Vegas area hospitals that if they do not improve the quality of care they provide, that they might send patients out of…

A new clinical study published in the May issue of Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, showed that Masimo pleth variability index can help clinicians assess a patient's risk for mean arterial pressure decreases that lead to hypotension during anesthesia, allowing them to…

Florida's Shands HealthCare and the University of Florida Health Science Center in Gainesville have announced a $580 million, five-year collaboration focused on quality improvement, according to a joint news release from the organizations.

Minnesota nurses have authorized the largest nursing strike in U.S. history to begin June 1, according to a news release from the Minnesota Nurses Association.

Patients can now learn about the quality of care provided at Illinois hospitals on a new website hosted by the Illinois Department of Health.

University HealthSystem Consortium, an alliance of 107 academic medical centers and their affiliated hospitals, has announced it is launching an initiative to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections, according to a UHC press release.

A small but growing number of physicians are dropping their insurance-based practices in favor of so-called concierge models in which patients pay an up-front annual fee and premium rates in return for deluxe services, according to a report in The…

The American Academy of Pain Medicine released a statement voicing strong support of certain components of the healthcare reform legislation that will "improve the quality of life for people who suffer with chronic and acute pain," according to an AAPM…