CHS signs $450M hospital sale to Huntsville Hospital Health System

Despite common belief, pressure ulcers don’t only affect adults. Infants and children are also at risk. But an innovative, peer-to-peer education model at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin has greatly reduced the chances that their…

Healthcare stakeholders have registered mixed reactions to both the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ final rule laying out the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 and the Office of the National Coordinator for…

Inaccurate diagnoses impact approximately 1 in 20 adults in the United States--or as many as 12 million people each year. Even more troubling, a third of these diagnostic errors can lead to disability and even death. That’s why Johns…

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs expects to be able to roll out new app software nationwide to enable online appointment scheduling beginning this January. Patients initially will be able to set up primary-care appointments via an…

Mount Sinai St. Luke’s hospital was hit Friday with a $2.5 million lawsuit for negligently faxing a patient’s HIV diagnosis to his employer’s fax machine three years ago, an action that left the man devastated, forcing him to quit his job…

Just 1.2% of the 4.5 million people enrolled in Humana's wellness program over a two-year period activated a smartwatch or activity tracker. But among those members, 80% remained engaged with their device for at least six months. The study…

A Georgia company that fulfills medical records requests for 60% of hospitals in the U.S. is taking the Department of Health and Human Services to court over its enforcement of HIPAA. In a lawsuit filed this week, Ciox Health claims…

As hospitals and health systems navigate heightened flu activity, data analytics and telehealth have emerged as useful tools to allocate necessary resources and limit exposure. Northwell Health is using a biosurveillance program to track…