Eight of the top 20 happiest cities in the U.S. are in California, according to a WalletHub analysis.
Rankings and Ratings
Oakland, Calif.-based Permanente Medical Groups ranked No. 1 in the nation's 50 largest medical group parents, with over three times the number of unique physicians as the second ranked Veterans Health Administration, according to an annual report published by IQVIA.
IBM Watson Health published its 100 Top Hospitals study, an annual analysis that identifies top-performing hospitals in the U.S. based on an organization's overall performance.
Healthgrades released its rankings for America's 50 and 100 Best Hospitals for 2018 Feb. 27. The hospitals on the list represent the top 1 percent and 2 percent of healthcare facilities in the nation, respectively.
Hawaii is the best state in the nation for healthcare, according to U.S. News & World Report's Best States rankings released Feb. 27.
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Here are the 2018 Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the U.S., including 19 first-time recipients, according to The National Rural Health Association's Rural Health Policy Institute, iVantage Health Analytics and The Chartis Center for Rural Health.
Four healthcare companies were among Fast Company's "World's 50 Most Innovative Companies" for 2018.
Fortune named 16 healthcare companies to its 21st annual list of the best companies to work for in the U.S.
CMS awarded Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health and Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente the first Health Equity Award at the CMS Quality Conference.
As the healthcare industry continues to grow, the Birmingham, Ala., metro area has the highest concentration of healthcare practitioner and technical jobs, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled by ABODO.