It costs more to care for a chronically ill older person in the U.S. than in any of 11 Western countries, according to an analysis authored by researchers from each of the 11 and published Aug. 5 in Health Services Research.

The more sure people feel that a COVID-19 vaccine will work as intended and won’t cause serious side effects or other harms, the more likely they are to accept a jab. Simple enough. However, the inverse does not necessarily hold. 

The firm’s plan is to support “disruptive” healthcare provider entities that can concertedly pursue profitability by providing value-based care.

Massachusetts is the best state in the nation for healthcare in 2021, according to new rankings from WalletHub.

The COVID-19 delta variant is offsetting improvements in hospital volume and revenue, putting continued pressure on margins.

Mayo Clinic is No. 1 on the list of top hospitals for 2021, as ranked by U.S. News and World Report.

Speculation that the Department of Justice could get involved first surfaced back in March. 

The team's convolutional neural network was trained on data that is readily available at most facilities. 

The academic medical institution that maintains the world’s best-stocked library of curated, patient-deidentified and AI-ready data is going 100% open source with its digital riches.