We live in the age of technology where even babies use tablets. But it seems odd that, while anyone can use technology, doctors can be confounded by the internet. athenahealth hopes to change that by modeling its own “information problem” solution after top technology companies like Amazon.

AstraZeneca’s cholesterol medicine Crestor’s patent protection is set to expire July 8, according to FDA standards, but the company has other plans for the drug. 

After what seemed like an uphill battle to acquire neighboring a hospital, Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.V., may be gaining some traction after its plan was approved by the Health Care Authority.

The House Energy and Commerce Committee has issued a subpoena to HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell to turn over documents related to the Affordable Care Act’s reinsurance program, which Republican members on the committee claim has been improperly funded by the agency.

Vice President Joe Biden led a major step toward completing his “moonshot” task of curing cancer June 29, when he spoke at the first Cancer Moonshot Summit. 

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given a thumbs up to a test hospitals can use to identify certain types of antibiotic-resistant infections more quickly.

Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare announced today its acquisition of a transitional care hospital in San Antonio, Texas, a move that supports its mission to add more long-term acute care facilities to its network.

The final reports on 2014 death data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show heart disease and cancer as the top two causes of death for Americans, while life expectancy for white women bucked the long-term trends and declined slightly.