Quality and Safety
While Maine, Massachusetts and Florida earned top marks, other states like Vermont, New Mexico and Alabama performed poorly. See the complete list.
The New England state saw 68 percent of its facilities earn an "A" grade in the latest rankings, with 11 of the 16 hospitals earning highest marks. It is the fourth time in a row Maine led the rankings.
As the 2015 Medical Innovations Summit marks its 10th year when it opens Sunday at the Cleveland Convention Center, an advisory panel of Cleveland Clinic doctors helped to compile a Top 10 list of the top medical innovations of the past 10 years.
One out of every six patients over the past two years received care in a hospital rated low for performance, or one-star, according to a new Healthgrades report that shows hospital quality varying across the country, regionally and within local markets.
Advocate Health Care's South Suburban Hospital in Chicago will pay $10.4 million after a court ruled that negligence in administering blood pressure medication resulted in permanent disfigurement of a surgical patient.
The number of lowest and highest-ranked hospitals for patient experience slid in the latest Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Hospital Compare list, according to new data.
Healthcare providers striving to improve their HCAHPS survey scores most likely need help with one critical area - communications with patients of all races, nationalities, ages and genders as researchers look at how much demographics affect the scores.
A new report by the Health Research Institute of PricewaterhouseCoopers says the transformation from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement will take longer than the ambitious timeline announced in January by Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell.
There are nearly 4 million births a year in the U.S. and 98 percent still arrive in hospitals, but the increase in birth centers run by midwives has obstetricians, health insurers and hospitals taking notice.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey's new ONMIA health alliance is under scrutiny from legislators in the state who want to delay the plan's rollout amid questions of how hospitals were chosen for the Tier 1 network.