As a newly minted healthcare journalist, I've had to learn a lot of information on a myriad of topics very quickly. For example, I had to learn about accountable care organizations, EMRs, interoperability and meaningful use. Most arduously, I've had…
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Anyone who has ever worked in a hospital knows that things aren't always as clean as they appear, including airplanes. For those travelers taking flight during the holidays, knowing where planes are germiest can reduce the chances of getting sick.
Despite the major blowback following the uncovering of a wait-time scandal at Veterans Affairs hospitals, wait times continue to be long for more than 600,000 veterans, or about 10 percent of all patients, according to a report from USA Today.
Forty-three rural hospitals, with more than 1,500 beds among them, have closed since 2010, with the pace of closures accelerating each year, according to North Carolina Rural Health Research Program data in USA Today.
The American Medical Association reported their House of Delegates passed a number of resolutions with a public health focus at their annual interim meeting this week. Get the scoop on the key issues they approved:
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Fifty-one percent of Americans who used healthcare exchanges set up by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act last year through Healthcare.gov don't plan on participating in them this year when open enrollment restarts on Nov. 15, according to a…
Rural hospitals in Virginia are in serious trouble, according to a report from the Virginia Hospital Association, with 20 of 37 of the state's rural hospitals operating with negative margins.
The annual Health Fair: The Way to Wellness event last week in Hollywood, Md., saw a turn out of nearly 800 people earlier this month, according to a Southern Maryland News Net report.
Nilesh Rajadhyax, the vice president of healthcare analytics for TransUnion, authored an article several months ago about the need for providers to clarify pricing as patients adopt the consumer role.
Baystate Medical Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital and Tufts Medical Center, all in Boston, have partnered with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to accept Ebola patients who originate…