Public Health

A report from the Trust for America's Health found that 15 states could run out of available hospital beds if 35 percent of Americans would get sick from the H1N1 flu and 12 additional states could reach 75 percent capacity,…

A report in the Dallas Morning News discusses various arguments regarding physician-owned hospitals, stating that arguments about the facilities are very relevant for the Dallas-Forth Worth community, which has more physician-owned hospitals than any other metropolitan area in the United…

Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health System has offered a response to the latest developments in the healthcare reform debate and the potential impact on the health system, according to a Summa new release.

Seven physicians from Oregon have been touring the country to call for more dramatic healthcare reforms than Congress is considering, according to a report from the Mankato, Minn., Free Press.

In 2007, baby boomers (adults age 55-64) had more than 4.7 million hospital stays totaling $59 billion, or 16 percent of total hospital costs in the United States, according to a recently released Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Healthcare…

A survey by the Joint Commission predicts that most U.S. hospitals will be smoke-free throughout their campuses by the end of 2009, according to release by the Joint Commission.

Miami's public health system expects to lose $56 million this year and $168 million next year as a result of caring for an increasing number of uninsured patients and decreasing tax revenue, according to a report in the Miami Herald.

Services at many of Minnesota's public hospitals are threatened due to the increasing cost of caring for uninsured patients, according to a report by the Star Tribune.

The American Medical Association recently released a statement supporting health reform and expanded coverage for uninsured persons but opposing "any public plan that forces physicians to participate, expands the fiscally-challenged Medicare program or pays Medicare rates," according to an AMA…

Members of the Ways and Means Committee, the Energy and Commerce Committee and Education and the Labor Committee presented a draft outline of legislation that would reform the current U.S. healthcare system, according to a House Committee on Ways and…