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Patient and family attitudes are critical to patient safety

In the first study to assess patient and family attitudes about speaking up in the ICU, more than half of

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) Pharmaceutical and biotech companies have the biggest effect on healthcare costs, most healthcare

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) ITHACA, N.Y. — Most nursing homes had fewer nurses and caretaking staff than

A study funded by the National Institutes of Health found older people who have higher blood pressure may have more

(By Rob Stein for NPR) Scientists on the hunt for anti-aging drugs say they’ve made an advance with tantalizing potential:

(By Chad Terhune for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) Despite receiving billions of dollars in taxpayer money, Medicaid

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) The kidney doctor sat next to Judy Garrett’s father, looking into his face,

(By Emily Rappleye for Becker’s Hospital Review) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and CMS Administrator Seema Verma enacted the state’s Total Cost of

What determines the type of health care you receive? According to Dr. Muriel Gillick, professor of population medicine at Harvard

(By Orly Nadell Farber for STAT) Dr. Nancy Keating has seen what too much health care looks like. The Harvard