The U.S. health care system can be reformed to cut costs and improve quality, Dartmouth Medical School professors Elliott Fisher and Gerry O'Connor told an audience of over 300 community members at Spaulding Auditorium on Tuesday. Their speech was part o

MINNEAPOLIS----Possis Medical, Inc. today announced that is a winner of a Premier Performance Award, presented by the Premier healthcare alliance's Purchasing Partners unit.

Baptist Health System has created two new programs that will help rural hospitals and physicians in South Texas streamline the transfer of expectant mothers and their babies to San Antonio hospitals for specialized care.

Fewer patients are being treated at Pennsylvania's rehabilitation hospitals and long-term acute care hospitals because of changes in Medicare eligibility and reimbursement rates, according to a state report being released Tuesday.

Last month at a luncheon marking International Infection Prevention Week at the National Press Club, some speakers reminded me of a shameful and frightening statistic: Almost 60 percent of American health-care workers do NOT receive the flu vaccine.