A new national analysis offers a nuanced view of how healthcare access, affordability, treatment quality and hospital use intersect across the United States. The “2025 Scorecard on State Health System Performance” from Commonwealth Fund evaluates all 50 states and the…
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Business Group on Health has recognized three health systems among its 2025 Excellence in Health & Well-being award-winning employers. The organization honored 53 employers for advancing workforce health and well-being through benefits and initiatives. Applications are evaluated on leadership, culture,…
Six states each have two cities featured among the top 25 places to retire in the U.S., according to the May 9 list published by Forbes. Forbes analyzed more than 950 locations with populations above 10,000 across every state, Washington,…
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health was the lone health system to make Time’s 100 Most Influential Companies 2025 list. The health system was named to the Innovators category for launching Northwell Studios, which develops TV and film content, something…
Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, N.C., tops the list of the most socially responsible acute care hospitals in the U.S., according to the 2025 Lown Hospitals Index released June 24. The nonpartisan healthcare think tank evaluated more than 2,700 acute…
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West Virginia had the highest rate of fatal opioid overdoses of any state in 2023, according to a new analysis from KFF. The analysis is based on finalized 2023 opioid overdose death totals from the CDC’s WONDER database, which uses…
New York City has been named the happiest city in the U.S., ranking No. 17 on the Institute for Quality of Life’s 2025 Happy City Index. Seventeen other U.S. cities were also recognized in the index, now in its sixth…
U.S. News & World Report published its 11th annual Best Global Universities rankings June 17, evaluating 2,250 top institutions across 105 countries based on their global and regional research reputation and academic research performance. Two rankings, powered by data and…
Louisiana’s Medicaid program covered the highest percentage of births among U.S. states in 2023, while Utah covered the lowest, according to a new analysis from KFF. KFF examined 2016-23 natality records for 57 U.S. jurisdictions compiled by the CDC’s National…
Hospitals in the Midwest score the highest in hospital performance metrics, a recent study found. The study, published June 11 in PLOS One, analyzed Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey data from 3,286 U.S. hospitals from July…