Kelsey Brimmer

Consumers are not alone in finding retail clinics an attractive option. Increasingly, hospitals are adding them to their array of services.

New research suggests that healthcare organizations can lower their readmission rates and improve patient care simply by using oral nutritional supplements as part of an overall patient care protocol.

Merger and acquisition activity within the healthcare sector was up in the third quarter of 2013, according to a report from M&A data publisher Irving Levin Associates.

As the healthcare industry transforms, consolidation, mergers and acquisitions and creative partnerships continue.

A handful of studies released in the last year regarding nurses demonstrate the important role nurses play in quality of care and healthcare delivery.

Nationwide, hospitals have been feeling the burden of Medicare penalties for avoidable 30-day readmissions.

A survey examining how U.S. hospitals are addressing CMS 30-day readmission penalties found that most facilities agree on what core strategies work the best for reducing preventable readmissions. Post-acute care coordination is near the top of the list.

A larger number of hospitals are showing improvements in their quality of care said the Joint Commission in its annual report on quality and safety of hospitals.

As hospitals work to figure out how to reduce unplanned 30-day readmissions, a new analysis examines what some hospitals are doing.

In a new U.S. Employment Outlook report published by Simply Hired, authors say that the healthcare industry led among all other employment industries in the number of job openings available in September.