The Joint Commission has recognized 1,224 hospitals as “Top Performer” hospitals which have demonstrated overall quality improvements, according to Becker’s Healthcare.

As federal and state insurance exchanges enter their second year, from 60 percent to more than 80 percent of plans could be high deductible, reports Modern Healthcare.

EHR giant Cerner has begun work on a $4.46 billion project which it anticipates will generate 16,000 new jobs over the next decade, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

Scottsdale, AZ – November 6, 2014 – Orion Health, a population health management company, today announced the opening of its new development center in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Orion Health ‘Center of Excellence’ will serve as the company’s North American research and solution center, supporting big data analytics technology development, focused on providing decision support to clinicians and patients, and solution support for clients’ population health initiatives.

Following the departure of Gail Boudreaux, who led UnitedHealth Group’s insurance division, the largest health insurer announced that it has restructured its management team, according to Forbes.

A Wisconsin woman is fighting off bankruptcy after spending 10 days in the hospital in a medical induced coma. The patient, taken by ambulance to a hospital outside of her covered network, could not alert the driver because she was incapacitated and clinically dead, according to United Press International.

Healthcare.gov opened for browsing over the weekend, and users are offering some early praise on the design improvements, reports Bloomberg Businessweek.  

Thousands of nurses at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California plan to walk off the job amid heated contract negotiations, according to Napa Valley Register.