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The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research has announced the six academic centers in the United States and Germany that will host the second class of the Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders, part of a long-standing partnership between the two foundations.
Henry Ford Health System has licensed hundreds of its hospital food recipes in India's New Dehli National Capital Region, the system announced late last week. The NCR is the country's largest urban center, and the move is part a larger health and wellness effort.
Arguing that too many well-meaning providers are facing financial penalties from meaningful use, the American Hospital Association called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services this week to offer more flexibility.
Patient perception of value and hospital choice, patient migration and payer mix are among the most serious challenges facing community hospitals in Massachusetts, according to a study released earlier this week by the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission.
A member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a Federal Trade Commission official have called for greater protections against and notification of ransomware attacks - and bolstered cybersecurity for healthcare overall.
Montana's new Medicaid expansion just got its first progress report, and it is exceeding expectations.
The 31 states and District of Columbia that have expanded Medicaid are saving millions -- and in some cases, tens of millions -- compared to states that have not adopted the federal program, according to a report released Tuesday by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Methodist Hospital in Henderson, Kentucky, said that it has regained control of its computer systems and effectively fended off a ransomware attack without paying the cybercriminals.
Prime Healthcare Services Inc., a fast-growing national hospital chain, said a malware attack disrupted computer servers on Friday at two of its California hospitals, Chino Valley Medical Center in Chino and Desert Valley Hospital in Victorville.
The new company will encompass 18 hospital campuses in 12 states. Its ranks will swell to 13,000 employees, 2,000 affiliated physicians and $1.7 billion in combined revenue.