Many senior citizens seeking care in emergency departments may be malnourished, according to a study from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and reported on by the New York Times.
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The Centers for Disease Control and prevention has released short guidance for hospitals dealing with potential outbreaks of enterovirus D68.
Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline is joining the battle against Ebola in West Africa by donating exam gloves to outbreak response teams.
An increasing number of Medicaid enrollees, many of whom gained coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, are seeking treatment in emergency departments, according to a national study from the Colorado Hospital Association.
Around this time of year, the common cold begins its rounds in schools across the country. This year, however, hospitals in the Midwest are experiencing a strain of Enterovirus — which causes the common cold — so severe that unprecedented…
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HHS has approved Pennsylvania's plan to use federal Medicaid expansion funding to launch Healthy Pennsylvania, a program that will promote affordable care and increase access to care for the uninsured, Gov. Tom Corbett (R) announced yesterday.
Nearly 300 western Pennsylvania veterans have been referred to Pittsburgh-based UPMC while the Department of Veterans Affairs attempts to sort out the backlogs in local VA hospitals, according to a report from the Tribune Live.
August has been a difficult month for Las Vegas-area emergency departments, with three hospitals forced to turn away incoming patients because of capacity issues due to an influx of mental health patients waiting in the ED to be admitted…
Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., has acknowledged a breach of patient data after a stack of hospital admission logs was taken out of the hospital and put in a former employee's car, according to a report from San Diego…
Despite the glitch-ridden rollout of HealthCare.gov last fall, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's performance went on to exceed enrollment expectations and has made a notable dent in the uninsured rate, Drew Altman, president and CEO of the Kaiser…