The United States and Mexico announced at a World Health Organization assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, shared guidelines for coordinating information exchange during public health emergencies, according to an AHA News Now report.
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From January to June 2011, among adults aged 18 to 64 who visited the emergency room in the past 12 months but were not admitted to a hospital, 79.7 percent visited the ER due to a lack of access to…
CMS has approved a plan under the Massachusetts Medicaid program that will provide up to $628 million to seven safety-net hospitals in the state to help them transform the way they delivery care to low-income residents, according to a Boston…
A demonstration project in New Jersey reduced the number of non-emergency visits at two hospital emergency departments in the state by 22 percent, according to an AHA News Now report.
According to an HHS news release, the national Alzheimer's plan is in full swing, as the federal government pursues a sustainable cure for the disease by 2025.
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Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health announced the collaboration of its Avera Cancer Institute with the Eppley Cancer Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.
Here is a list of the 25 states with the highest emergency room visits per 1,000 population in 2010, based on data from the 2010 American Hospital Association Survey reported by Kaiser State Health Facts.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia recently opened its new Jefferson Hepatitis C Center, one of only a few comprehensive, multidisciplinary centers dedicated to the study of hepatitis C virus and hepatic disease.
U.S. hospitals have improved their preparedness for disasters due to a focus on medical surge planning, according to a Federal Emergency Management Agency report.
The Connecticut Senate worked over the weekend, passing a bill on Saturday that legalizes medical marijuana, while placing tight restrictions on dispensing, according to a Reuters report.