While only a feasibility exercise, the study strongly suggests additional patient screenings would help deepen understanding of literacy and discrimination issues.

The proposed 4 E’s strategy is based on a hierarchy of effectiveness, suggesting that, while initial steps like education are crucial, they must be complemented by more robust measures to ensure durable change.

Going by criteria set and applied by Money magazine, only two of America’s 6,000 or so hospitals deserve the title “best of the best.”

After being bought by private equity firms, hospitals tend to see significant increases in inpatient falls and infections, according to new research published in JAMA.

Embattled academic executive Claudine Gay resigned from her post as president of Harvard University yesterday, and the esteemed Ivy League institution almost immediately appointed an interim leader.

The COVID-19 pandemic shaved 2.4 years off U.S. life expectancy, and the population has yet to fully recover from the setback. 

Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., plans to file post-trial motions against the $261 million judgment that a Florida jury last week ordered the institution to pay.

Walmart has entered into an agreement with a Florida payer and health system to develop care management plans for patients.