IBM Watson Health on Nov. 16 released its annual ranking of 50 top hospitals for cardiovascular care in collaboration with Fortune.
Rankings and Ratings
Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health is the most cost-efficient health system in the U.S., according to a ranking from the Lown Institute, a nonpartisan healthcare think tank.
West Virginia is the most obese and overweight state in the U.S., according to an analysis released Nov. 15 by WalletHub, a personal finance website.
Massachusetts had the highest adult flu vaccination rate of all U.S. states during the 2018-19 flu season, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released Nov. 11.
The CDC reported a record number of sexually transmitted disease cases in 2019 for the sixth consecutive year.
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The Leapfrog Group released its fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grades on Nov. 10, assigning "A" through "F" letter grades to 2,901 general acute-care hospitals in the U.S. for patient safety performance.
The Leapfrog Group gave 18 hospitals failing grades in its fall 2021 Hospital Safety Grades released Nov. 10.
Florida has had the quickest recovery rate from unemployment claims since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, while Washington, D.C., has the slowest recovery rate, based on a Nov. 4 report by WalletHub.
West Virginia has the highest percentage of adults who report fair or poor health, according to a ranking Kaiser Family Foundation released Nov. 4.
Alaska was the state with the highest percentage of adults without a physician, according to data published Nov. 2 by the Kaiser Family Foundation. New Hampshire ranked lowest with just 10 percent of adults reporting they don't have a physician.