While a definitive link between Zika virus and microcephaly has still not been established, the nature of the impacts the infection may have on developing fetuses could be getting more complicated.
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Optum360 won the 2015/2016 Category Leader award for Computer-Assisted Coding (CAC) from KLAS, a leading global health care research organization. This is the second consecutive year Optum360 has taken the top honor for computer-assisted coding technology.
Elaine Larson, PhD, RN, an associate dean at Columbia University School of Nursing, was recently asked by CBS New York what common "hygienic" practices were most ineffectual for germ prevention.
Despite a report that puts the current flu vaccine effectiveness at 59 percent for the season, the CDC still urges vaccination. The finding is comparable to past estimates for seasons with similar circulating viral strains, according to a statement from…
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Here are the eight states with the fewest number of professionally active physicians, according to 2016 data from Kaiser State Health Facts.
Practice Greenhealth, a nonprofit membership and networking organization for sustainable healthcare, has announced a new tool designed to help hospital and health system professionals build support for sustainability by creating buy-in among key leaders.
While all eyes were on Los Angeles-based HollywoodPresbyterianMedicalCenter's week-long digital hostage negotiation with nameless hackers that ransomed its EMR earlier this month, LukasHospital in Neuss, Germany, was racing to contain its own malware attack.
DeepMind, Google's artificial intelligence arm, has plans to break into healthcare via a new partnership with Imperial College London and the Royal Free London National Health Services Foundation Trust, according to a BloombergBusiness report.
Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center is catching heat from a community health advocate who has admonished the hospital for not doing more to support an increase of at least $1 per pack in the state’s tobacco tax, the Charleston Gazette-Mail…