As a nurse practitioner at San Juan Bosco Clinic in Allapattah, María Elena Torres has thousands of stories about the plight of some 600,000 people without health insurance in Miami-Dade County. The Jackson Health System is a key protagonist.

PhotoMedex, Inc. (Nasdaq:PHMD) announced today that Jeffrey O'Donnell, its president and chief executive officer, will present at the Third Annual CIT Health Care Conference on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 11:00 a.m. ET. The conference will be held at the Wa

Rankings are based on analyses of millions of Medicare claims data HealthGrades, a leader in the field of health-care quality measurement, has just published new rankings for hospitals across the country.

Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill. has become one of only a few institutions in the Chicago area, the only one in the Advocate Health Care system and among about 25 hospitals nationally that are using a glue-like liquid for the successful tr

Karen Proffitt, daughter of Blount County Commissioner Dr. Bob Proffitt, always knew she wanted to work in the medical field, but not as a doctor or nurse.