Kaiser Health News
More than 100 hospitals that were graded "C" in the first report moved up to an "A" in the second, while others received an "F."
Part-time workers comprise some 70 percent of FEMA's workforce and they often operate without health insurance coverage.
Former GOP Senate majority leader Bill Frist explains how state health insurance exchanges are "federalist ideal of states as laboratories for democracy."
Sites including InTrade and FantasySCOTUS are declaring odds on which way the Supreme Court Justices will rule on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and, not surprisingly, those odds changed after the oral arguments.
Many physicians are gung-ho about their smart phones and tablets, but John Halamka, MD, warns there is also a downside, distracting doctors from patient care.
New York hookers spreading HIV. Killer mosquitos. An anthrax-toting terrorist. An urban-scape rife with the sick and poor. These are just some of the challenges tackled by Farzad Mostashari, a Yale-educated physician, epidemiologist and self-confessed computer nerd. His current mission: moving doctors from the Age of Gutenberg into the 21st century. For starters, he'd like them to use e-mail at the office.
Critics say Washington is moving too slowly on regulations and guidance for health insurance exchanges, leaving states in a time crunch wherein they must act on imperfect information.
Vermont lawmakers are taking steps to move the state toward a publicly-financed insurance program and craft a state health exchange, which is required by the 2010 federal health law and which state officials hope to use as the groundwork for their eventual move to a unique single-payer system.
Dr. Anne Beal, in this interview with Kaiser Health News, discusses the entrepreneurial spirit that is fueling PCORI, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
Donald Berwick, MD, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services steps down Dec. 2 after 15 months on the job. He is known as a champion of healthcare information technology and patient-centered care.