Researchers found no evidence that efforts to drop hospital readmissions rates have increased the risk of recently discharged patients dying—in fact, those efforts seem to have reduced post-hospitalization mortality.

Google is hoping to become a bigger player in healthcare with recent improvement to Google Glass. A recent blog post, published by project lead Jay Kothari, showcased improvements to Glass aimed at integration into healthcare.

Enrollment in the individual market would increase while premiums would decrease under Sen. Ted Cruz’s, R-Texas, controversial “Consumer Freedom” amendment, according to an HHS analysis obtained by the Washington Examiner.

A POLITICO analysis said while the nation’s top hospitals saw a big jump in revenue after the Affordable Care Act took effect, they spent less on the charity care and community benefit spending often used to justify their tax-exempt status.

Amit Acharya B.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., a renowned research scientist, has been named executive director of Marshfield Clinic Research Institute (MCRI).

The annual hospital rankings from U.S. News and World Report will now be released a week later than scheduled after errors were discovered in data which affected 12 “data-driven specialty rankings.”

Technology for identifying at-risk atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients was chosen as the winner of the inaugural Alexandria LaunchLabs Scholarship Award, which recognizes excellence in health care technology, entrepreneurship and business competencies. The technology, developed by a Mount Sinai researcher and entrepreneur, Ya-El Mandel-Portnoy, PhD, was selected from entries submitted by 26 of New York City’s top academic entrepreneurs, who presented their work to investors and biopharma business executives at the 2017 NYC Life Science Innovation Showcase on June 13, 2017.

Private equity and real estate firm American Development Partners has agreed to invest $1 billion into American Family Care, the largest operator of urgent care centers in the U.S, to accelerate its expansion plans.