Community Benefit
Last week, Kimberly-Clark Health Care announced the four recipients of the second-annual HAI WATCHDOG Awards, created to recognize the efforts of healthcare professionals working together to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs).
Acting CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner and other healthcare leaders discuss how the industry is dealing with the practical issues of establishing ACOs at the Third National Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Summit in Washington, D.C., June 6-8.
Health policy institute NEHI today identified 11 emerging technologies that have the potential to improve care and lower costs for chronic disease patients, especially those in at-risk populations.
According to a report released Friday by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, the ratings agency believes there could very likely be a net negative for for-profit hospitals with the full implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
By 2020, sales of new vaccines that do not currently exist on the market may hit $24.8 billion, predicted market research firm Kalorama Information in a recent report.
According to a new study published in the June issue of Health Affairs, half of adults over the age of 65 visited the emergency department at least once in their last month of life. In addition, three-quarters of those ED visits led to hospital admissions and more than two-thirds of those visitors died during their stay.
While consumers and developing countries are driving the growth of the global mHealth market developed nations like the United States are slower to adapt finds a new study by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
As women's health issues have been in the spotlight in recent months and as the healthcare law hangs in the balance waiting for a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Obama administration is in high gear to promote the law's benefits.
In a collaborative effort between CEOs and senior executives from 11 leading hospitals and health systems across the country, a comprehensive checklist to promote high-value healthcare at reduced costs has recently been developed.
The obesity epidemic in the U.S. will eventually bankrupt the nation if left unchecked, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center, which held a webcast Tuesday to outline its recommendations for curbing the crisis.