When it comes to repealing all of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), primary care physicians are even less supportive of the idea than their patients, according to a new survey published in the New England Journal of Medicine. 

The Board of Trustees of Partners HealthCare voted Tuesday to name David J. Roberts, M.D., as the next president of North Shore Medical Center (NSMC)

The rates of opioid related deaths increasing 200 percent since 2000. In order to gauge exactly how bad the epidemic has become, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released findings in opioid-related statistics by state.

Keeping patients engaged in their own care is easier said than done. Once a patient leaves the doctor’s office, the physician has no way of knowing how committed a patient is until the next appointment. With the integration of patient engagement technology, physicians are giving patients an opportunity to improve care.

Three diabetes care units within Johnson & Johnson (J&J) could be sold, the company said, as it reported slightly better-than-expected earnings for the last quarter of 2016 and lowered expectations for the current year.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced Hospira, a Pfizer company, has voluntarily recalled one lot of Vancomycin Hydrochloride (VH) at the hospital/retail level in response to the discovery of a particulate matter within a single vial. 

Several key House committees have scheduled hearings regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a sign Republicans don’t plan on slowing down the repeal process now that President Donald Trump has taken office.

In California, 131 hospitals have gone at least five years without being inspection by public health officials, including 80 facilities that have reported significantly higher rates of hospital-acquired infections.