Public Health

After several quarters of decline, inpatient and emergency department volumes are increasing, and more hospitals than are expecting to participate in outsourcing physician services with an emphasis on hospitalist services, according to a recent survey from investment banking firm Jefferies.…

  Patients are increasingly relying on nurse practitioners at retail clinics for the provision of chronic and preventative health services, according to new research released by Walgreens.

HHS has recognized more than 400 hospitals and transplant centers for their voluntary efforts to promote organ donation as part of phase three for the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Organ Donation Campaign.

A blog post I wrote last week raised the question of whether closing hospitals and firing low-performing physicians could help healthcare in the long-run. The story was based on comments from thought leaders, including athenahealth CEO Jonathon Bush, Cleveland Clinic…

Thirteen hospitals across the state of Maryland have committed to buying and serving local foods for the annual Buy Local Week, a project of the Southern Maryland Agricultural Development Commission, which will be July 19 through July 27.

  Nearly half of Americans have reported that their most stressful experiences in the past year have been related to health, according to a new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health poll.

Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline is seeking submissions for its annual Pink Glove Dance competition, a breast cancer prevention campaign celebrating the hope for a cure.

Five New England states have partnered to form an interstate prescription registry to better track the distribution of controlled substances and help prevent patients from collecting prescriptions from multiple physicians without their knowledge, according to a Reuters report.

Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges exceeded expectations by enrolling more than 8 million people during the first sign-up period, the healthcare reform law remains unpopular with the American public, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Earlier this month, HHS announced more than 8 million people had signed up for health plans through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchanges, surpassing the Congressional Budget Office's initial projection of 7 million for the first year.