Quality and Safety
The grants will fund researchers' investigations into a broad range of environmental exposures that can impact children's long-term health.
Those at the top tended to be concentrated in New England and the Great Lakes.
Diagnosis-related claims represent the biggest chunk of patient allegations, results show.
Policymakers could create a single, independent organization to develop standards for healthcare performance measures and the data used to populate those measures, the authors said.
Health centers and emergency departments are experimenting with a variety of programs that aim to divert patients with dental complaints into specialty clinics.
HHS says at least 2 million people become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, with 23,000 dying as a result.
Administrators and clinicians must work together so providers can understand their role, where they can make an impact, Michael Blackman, MD, says.
Appalachian Regional Healthcare system is back online after an almost three-week shutdown of computer systems and electronic services following a crippling cyberattack.
As many as 1.4 million seniors survive a stay in the ICU every year; most go home, with varying degrees of disability.
New research shows race and geography prevent some of the most vulnerable from obtaining effective treatments, including powerful anti-coagulant that can break up the clot causing the stroke.