In Battleground Races, Health Care Lags As Hot-Button Issue, Poll Finds
(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) As the midterm elections approach, health care ranks as the top issue, mentioned
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A Push To Get Older Adults In Better Shape For Surgery
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Surgery can be hard on older adults, resulting in serious complications and death
Read MoreProject ECHO pilot program in Florida and California to improve care for patients with Type 1 diabetes
With a $1.6 million grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the University of Florida Diabetes
Read MorePaying more and getting less: As hospital chains grow, local services shrink
(By Casey Ross for STAT) When most hospitals close, it’s plain to see. Equipment and fixtures are hauled out and
Read MoreStudy: Patients experiencing cardiac arrest less likely to survive ‘off-hours’
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Hospital patients who experience cardiac arrest in a hospital during nights or weekends
Read MoreWhen A Tattoo Means Life Or Death. Literally
(By Rebecca Hersher for NPR) The man was unconscious and alone when he arrived at University of Miami Hospital last
Read MoreHHS launches new division as part of ‘conscience and religious freedom’ rule: 6 things to know
(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) The Trump administration formed a new HHS Office for Civil Rights division, which
Read MoreACEP fires back at Anthem for its discretionary ED policy
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The American College of Emergency Physicians criticized Anthem’s recent moves to incentivize patients with nonemergent
Read MoreHospitals are forming their own drug companies
Intermountain Healthcare, a nonprofit Salt Lake City hospital group, is partnering with three Catholic nonprofit hospital groups to form a
Read MoreMutual Of Omaha to begin selling Medicare Advantage health plans in 2019
In 2019, Mutual of Omaha will begin selling its first Medicare Advantage health plans in cooperation with Lumeris Inc. Read
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