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November / December Clinical Leadership & Infection Control Issue November / December Clinical Leadership & Infection Control Issue   ON THE COVER How Penn Medicine uses VR to help ease anxious minds Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia unveiled a virtual…

Seven health insurers joined America's Health Insurance Plans, the trade association said Jan. 22.  

Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health will permanently close Bladen County Hospital's Family Birth Center in Elizabethtown, N.C., reports WECT.

Six healthcare organizations recently shuttered medical units or terminated services in the last two months to shore up finances, focus on more in-demand services or improve patient care:

Bellaire, Ohio-based Belmont Community Hospital shuttered its behavioral health unit, according to the Wheeling News-Register.

An Anchorage-based Alaska Regional Hospital employee filmed cellphone video of a moose making its way into the facility Jan. 7, CBS News reports.

The first of the year marked the end of the ACA's individual mandate requiring Americans to gain health insurance or pay a fine. While the national mandate is gone, three states and the District of Columbia continue to require that…

January 2019 Issue of Becker’s Hospital Review     ON THE COVER Walmart will require workers to travel for spine surgery in effort to cut healthcare costsWalmart is aiming to lower healthcare spending by requiring employees to travel to certain…