Public Health

A study published in the March issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine found that patients that use hospital emergency departments at least four times annually are most commonly white and have health insurance and a primary care physician, according…

Six in 10 nonfederal acute-care hospitals with more than 50 beds had a palliative care program in 2008, up from four in 10 in 2000, according to a release by the Center to Advance Palliative Care.

CMS has approved Colorado's Medicaid eligibility expansion program that requires charging Colorado hospitals $600 million in fees to access matching federal Medicaid funds, according to a report by the Denver Post.

Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lexington, Va., and Bedford (Va.) Memorial Hospital will be closing their maternity departments by the end of the year, according to a report in the Washington Post.

A recent study from the RAND Corp. found that hospitals in California spent over $193 million on air pollution-related hospital events from 2005-2007.

Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford will build a new, $5 million outpatient center for cancer and blood disorders in order to accommodate the hospital's growing volume for these services, according to a report in the Hartford Courant.

Hospital advocates are claiming that nearly $20 million in federal funding is being withheld from Nashville General Hospital, and Nashville's Metro Council is currently considering a measure that would formally ask all Tennessee gubernatorial candidates to support passing the funds…

While less than 1 percent of U.S. births still occur outside of hospitals, the percentage grew slightly from 2005-2006, according to a report by the CDC.

The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association has said that proposed cuts to the state's 2011 budget would "devastate" Arizona healthcare, according to an AzHHA news release.

1. Its very unlikely that President Obama gained any Republican votes through his most recent healthcare summit and efforts on healthcare reform. President Obama's more than seven hour healthcare summit yesterday most likely did not win over any Republicans in…