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Personal information of more than 650,000 Bon Secours patients - including names, insurance identification numbers, banking information, social security numbers and some clinical data - was left exposed on the internet for four days this spring by a business associate of the hospital system.

By itself, the higher-value care intervention doesn't live up to its cost reduction potential, due mostly to inadequate funding, researchers say.

Eighty-five percent of hospitals required to participate in the new Medicare cardiac bundled payment models will not experience gains or losses that exceed $500,000 per year, based on their current spending patterns, according to a new study by Avalere.

The Minnesota Hospital Association released a study Friday that shows significant shortcomings in patients getting appropriate care for mental health issues in their hospitals.

Quorum attributed its $245 million loss to nearly $220 million in charges tied to the spin-off from Community Health Systems.

Scientists at the University of Southern California discovered a key weapon used by the Zika virus to ravage the brains of infected fetuses: proteins.

Community Health Systems has named Tim Hingtgen their new president and chief operating officer, the company announced Thursday.

Now that hospitals have themselves combined, in many cases, into companies that dominate their communities, insurance executives argue the only way to fight bigness is bigness.

Karen DeSalvo, MD, revealed on Thursday that she is resigning as head of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

The Mount Sinai Health System in New York has formed a research affiliation with Stony Brook Medicine, a state-run health system and medical school on New York's Long Island, and will collaborate on research, academic programs, and clinical care initiatives.