Community Benefit

Chronic illness represents 75 percent of the $2 trillion in annual U.S. healthcare spending and is steadily moving toward crisis proportions, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine.

For every dollar spent on over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, the U.S. healthcare system saves six to seven dollars, providing $102 billion in value annually, says a new report from the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA).

Doctors' lack of brand loyalty costs Big Pharma billions of dollars annually because doctors prescribe generics as soon as they become available, says a new survey from marketing solutions firm DoctorDirectory.

Acting CMS leader Marilyn Tavenner pushes for better care, better health and lower costs in her speech at the Care Innovations Summit on Thursday.

The Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is offering $14 million in grants to support research to build a scientific evidence base for effective public reporting.

HealthGrades, a provider of consumer healthcare information, today released a list of America's top cities for hospital care.

Duke LifePoint Healthcare and Virginia-based Twin County Regional Healthcare (TCRH) have entered into a definitive agreement that will pump millions into TCRH and its community.

Mississippi hospitals create over 60,000 jobs and add $11.9 billion to the state economy annually, according to a new study released this week by the Mississippi Hospital Association.

Genetic and genomic clinical laboratory testing generates 116,000 U.S. jobs and contributes $16.5 billion annually to the U.S. economy, according to a new report released Thursday by the Battelle Memorial Institute.

The market for stem cell technologies will rise to over $700 million this year, and given some positive trends, could reach over $1 billion, according to healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information.