WILKES-BARRE -- The Institute of Medicine claims up to 98,000 deaths in hospitals each year are due to medical errors, many of them involving prescription medication.

Out of nearly 100 hospitals in Washington state, Wenatchee Valley Hospital is the only one owned by its physicians. That unusual structure has placed the small, rural facility in the middle of a brass-knuckles battle in Congress over whether doctor-owned

Local hospitals continue to weigh in on a plan by Delnor-Community Hospital to add an open-heart surgery program to its medical services. And, so far, the response has been mixed.

20 November 2008 RIYADH: The Ministry of Health has distributed SR100 million worth of medicines and medical equipment to seven hospitals and 153 primary health care centers in Makkah, Madinah and the holy sites for use during the Haj season.

The Massachusetts Public Health Council unanimously approved legislation last week slapping stricter scrutiny on hospitals seeking to build new facilities—a move that is nearly certain to affect future expansion plans by Harvard Medical School’s 15 af