Maryland is the state where patients spend the longest time in the emergency department before leaving the hospital, according to research by IT service automation company SysAid.
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Three healthcare industry leaders each have a net worth of more than $9 billion.
Cities with the strongest job markets are peppered throughout the U.S., with no one region dominating the top-ranked out of 182 of the country's most populated cities, according to one ranking.
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses selected 188 hospital units nationwide as the winners of its 2021 Beacon Award for Excellence, the organization said Feb. 16.
The annual expense of child care for an infant exceeds the annual cost of in-state tuition at a public four-year university in 34 states, according to the most recent data from the Economic Policy Institute.
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CMS is postponing its next Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings update from April to July to fix a calculation error, the agency said Feb. 11, according to the American Hospital Association.
Thirty healthcare services and equipment companies are among the best employers in the U.S., according to Forbes.
Forty-nine hospitals and health systems are among the best employers in the U.S., according to Forbes.
Healthgrades' 2022 list of America's Best Hospitals includes a dozen hospitals that have made the organization's ranking for 15 consecutive years or more.
The Chartis Center for Rural Health recently released its annual list of the top 100 critical access hospitals in the U.S.