The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services put the brakes on its new hospital quality ratings system just a day before it was to launch amid growing pressure from Congress and the healthcare industry.

A study published by JAMA Internal Medicine found that half of the visits to the emergency department (ED) for the top 10 diagnoses are indistinguishable from being urgent or nonurgent.

Even in the world of Star Trek, technology hadn’t advanced this far. Medics on the Enterprise still had to lug around little handheld devices. But here in 2016, researchers have developed an ultrathin, flexible film that, one day, may become an electronic second skin.

Despite rigorous procedures and policies, hospital-acquired conditions (HACs) are constant threats to patient safety. But some of the nation’s leading academic medical centers claim they are being unfairly punished under a new federal policy that aims to promote patient safety.

San Francisco, CA (April 20, 2016) –  Today Doctor On Demand, the leading U.S. video medicine provider, announced a new partnership with Allergy & Asthma Network to improve allergy and asthma care for its members. Doctor On Demand will provide immediate access to board-certified physicians via video visits to the Network’s more than 2 million members as well as access to unique services specially designed for people with asthma or allergies. For example, Doctor On Demand will provide Allergy Home Inspections to help patients identify and remove allergens and asthma triggers from their homes. 

According to newly released data, life expectancy at birth for Americans did not change between 2013 and 2014, remaining at 78.8 years. But such static figures belie trends in populations when examined by gender, race and origin.

For Centers Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the future is almost here for its Next Generation accountable care organization (ACO) model.

The nation’s biggest health insurer is trimming its participation in the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplaces to only a “handful” of states.