Health Care Providers & Specialties

New health care payment and delivery models, such as the patient-centered medical home, may be helping to reduce health care expenditures in the U.S., according to presentations made at a health care … Read More

The Ariadne Labs project, created by Dr. Atul Gawande at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, is studying a seven-question guide that physicians can use in talking with patients about end-of-life c… Read More

HHS issued a proposal that would require health plans involved in the online marketplaces to provide households without credit cards or bank accounts with easy payment options such as reloadable prepa… Read More

The Oregon House on Tuesday voted 39-21 in favor of a bill that would require large manufacturers of children's toys and products to report the use of 19 toxic chemicals. These companies would also be… Read More

A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission report to Congress said readmission penalties for hospitals that treat high numbers of poor patients are too harsh. The commission recommended Medicare change th… Read More

U.S. researchers surveyed 1,407 newly licensed registered nurses and found that 49% of them had been verbally abused by colleagues, but just 5% reported more than five instances of verbal abuse in the… Read More

Above-knee amputee Chris Bairstow is the first person in Delaware, and one of only a few dozen in the U.S., to wear an advanced prosthetic knee and leg called Power Knee. The Power Knee, manufactured … Read More

Melanoma emits detectable volatile organic compounds whose odors are different from molecules emitted by normal cells, researchers report in the Journal of Chromatography B. The finding could lead to … Read More

Health care costs in 2014 are projected to grow by 6.5%, lower than the double-digit increases after the turn of the century and down from the 2013 estimate of 7.5%. Consumer behavior and penalties fo… Read More

Some small businesses have been reluctant to embrace cloud computing despite its capability to reduce costs and boost efficiency, writes Gabriel Shaoolian, CEO of Blue Fountain Media. "Top reasons cit… Read More

Overweight and obese women are more likely to deliver their babies preterm, and the higher the mother's body mass index, the greater the risk of extremely preterm delivery, suggests a new study in the… Read More

An analysis presented at The Endocrine Society meeting showed that while only 30% of diabetes patients bring their blood glucose monitors during clinical visits, Medicaid and Medicare patients with un… Read More

Truman Medical Centers in Kansas City, Mo., is spending $6 million on an expanded cancer treatment center intended to increase comfort and convenience for patients. Truman is one of the Midwest Cancer… Read More

Babies who received inhaled racemic adrenaline for acute bronciolitis were no less likely to need nasogastric-tube feeding, supplemental oxygen or ventilators than the inhaled saline group, according … Read More

Researchers from University College London analyzed data and found a causal association between low levels of vitamin D and hypertension. They reported findings at the European Society of Human Geneti… Read More

Boston Children's Hospital will begin offering hand transplants to children born without hands, who have lost hands in accidents or who have had their hands amputated. Children regrow nerves more qui… Read More

A retrospective analysis of almost 2.8 million PCIs carried out in the U.S. between 2007 and 2012 found radial access procedures increased significantly over the time period. By the third quarter of 2… Read More

Kentucky hospitals are adding NICU beds since the state revised its health care plan to allow the additional space and added a fourth NICU designation. Hospitals are asking the state for permission to… Read More

BMI Espicom predicts the medical device market in China will grow 20% through 2018, with diagnostic imaging tools projected to dominate the market this year. Growth will be driven in part by the count… Read More

U.S. researchers looked at more than 1,700 childhood cancer survivors and found that 98% of them had at least one chronic health condition as they became adults. The most common chronic ailment was ab… Read More

Every year, APS recognizes excellence in the field of pain management and research by presenting awards for career achievement, pain scholarship, education and public service, advocacy on behalf of ch… Read More