Acute Care

Talks between Allina Health negotiators and the Minnesota Nurses Association team broke off on September 3rd when the hospital team left the table, according to a statement by the nurses union.

Almost $1,000 per procedure examined at the academic medical center, UCSF researchers find.

Across the board, hospitals earned more if they were in a state where more people had coverage and saw declines in the level of uncompensated care.

Leaders from the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce said healthcare providers need more time.

Nearly 20 percent of Medicare patients return to the hospital within 30 days, costing more than $26 billion annually, federal data shows.

Researchers have found that hospitals with the highest rates of readmission were actually more likely to show better mortality scores in patients treated for heart failure, COPD and stroke.

Research suggests that "implicit bias" -- doctors and nurses subtly or subconsciously treating some patients differently than others -- or patients' perception of it could have consequences for people's health.

Staff is operating on emergency plan after virus disables computers and electronic communications.

Programs substantially cut the risk of dying from another cardiac problem, improve quality of life and lower costs; less than one-third of patients whose conditions qualify for the rehab actually participate.

"Adverse drug events" drive up health care costs annually by about $3.5 billion, add about three days to the average stay, DHHS says.