Keeping patients educated and engaged in their own care has proven to lower admission rates and improve patient satisfaction. SONIFI Health has announced a partnership with St. Mary Medical Center to implement its Interactive Television Services in every patient room within the Apple Valley, California, medical center.

As a country that spends more than $3 trillion every year on healthcare, the U.S. continues to see overall spending increase, in part because chronic diseases become more and more prevalent. Twine Health has created a methodology that helps patients control these long-lasting conditions.

An unintended consequence of reducing Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments may put significant financial pressure on children’s hospitals, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

According to the Associated Press, a fertility doctor in Indianapolis is suspected of using his own sperm to impregnate potentially dozens of women in the 1970s and beyond. 

Vaccination advocates and groups that claim immunizations can be harmful have found something new to fight over: an Orange County, California, pediatrician’s medical license.

President Barack Obama has asked for insurers to step up their efforts to enroll younger, healthier customers on the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchanges when open enrollment begins in November.

NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AdvantageCare Physicians (ACPNY), one of the largest multispecialty practices in the New York metropolitan area and partner, EmblemHealth, announced today the appointment of Navarra Rodriguez, M.D. to the position of its President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at ACPNY and Officer of EmblemHealth. As President and CMO of ACPNY, Dr. Rodriguez will oversee all medical leadership and health improvement activities for the practice.

How much hospitals can improve their productivity in the next decade may be the key to keeping profit margins positive, according to an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).