Quality and Safety

The data show that prices vary widely even within the most expensive regions. Patients, however, rarely know how much a procedure will cost until they receive the bill.

The new HEDIS technical specifications include four new measures, changes to seven existing measures and one that's been retired altogether.

The study's authors said research into practice-level implementation should be the next step, particularly since the vast majority of research conducted to date has been under old -- and possibly soon-to-be-outdated -- care delivery models.

The United States House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce is demanding to know what Theranos, the embattled blood-testing startup based in California, is doing to address its testing inaccuracies and questionable adherence to federal guidelines.

NJSNA members and 351 nurses from around the country urged elected officials to repeal language blocking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from conducting gun violence research, and from looking into appropriate funding to examine the causes and effective prevention strategies for gun violence.

A new study offers surprising findings about end-of-life care.

3,300 nurses at Brigham and Women's Hospital have said they would go out on strike for 24 hours on Monday, causing the major Boston healthcare provider to bring in 700 nurses from an outside agency and ramp down patient operations to 60 percent capacity.

AMA President Andrew Gurman said the 2011 law "inserts the state into the patient-physician relationship and threatens open communication in the exam room."

Spending for practices such as chiropractic, yoga and meditation represents 9.2 percent of all out-of-pocket spending on healthcare.

In 2013, aggregate hospital costs for 35.6 million hospital stays totaled more than $381 billion.