Selwyn Rogers Jr., MD, MPH, has been selected to lead the development of University of Chicago Medicine’s new adult trauma center, set to open in 2018.

With a presidential transition bringing in a HHS Secretary opposed to mandatory bundled payment programs and other demonstrations at the agency, providers may be tempted to think the transition to value-based care may grind to a halt in the coming years. Not so, according to Archway Health CEO Dave Terry. 

Being aware of biases improves healthcare decisions, according to the Gerontological Society of America. A new report, “Recognizing Hidden Traps in Health Care Decision Making," provides guidelines to overcome barriers in providing care to elderly patients.

3D printing has improved the areas of medicine, art and manufacturing—and it is now journeying into the realm of membrane engineering. Researchers from the University of Bath have hope in the future of 3D printing techniques to improve membrane capabilities with precision construction.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has released its strategic plan for the next three years, a time which will be filled “opportunities and challenges” that are “amplified in light of a new presidential administration and shifts in legislative activity.”

Almost 700 rural hospitals have been deemed at risk of closing thanks to financial struggles. As Kaiser Health News reports, the loss of expanded Medicaid could push those facilities over the edge. 

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to run the Veterans Affairs Department—and the largest integrated healthcare system in the U.S.—is the department’s current top health official, David Shulkin, MD.

While all hospitals have reduced readmissions of skilled nursing facility (SNF) patients, those affiliated with accountable care organizations (ACOs) did so more quickly, according to a study published in the January 2017 issue of Health Affairs.