With both the least competition and the highest mean annual pay (after adjustment for cost of living), Mississippi has emerged as the best place to practice medicine in the U.S., according to an analysis by WalletHub. 

The author of a new book looks at how internet searches are impacting medical research.

Although 10 of 17 hospital systems in Connecticut had positive operating margins in 2015, hospital executives are still concerned with the state’s controversial hospital tax, The (Danbury, Conn.) News-Times reports. The newspaper said hospitals are expected to pay $556 million in taxes this year and receive $164 million in state aid and federal matching funds.

UPMC Enterprises will fund the first six projects created under the umbrella of the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance.

New Jersey Governor and recent presidential candidate Chris Christie has called for legislation that would put a two-year ban on lawsuits by towns challenging a hospital’s tax-free status.

Community Care of North Carolina won the inaugural Hearst Health prize on March 8 and $100,000 for excellence in managing or improving health.

A plan proposed by the Obama administration to test how limiting prescription drug payments might help lower excessive spending has been met with swift opposition from physicians, providers, drug manufacturers and healthcare organizations.

Quality reporting efforts take their toll in time and money, according to a report published in Health Affairs.