Health Insurance, Facilities & IT

Intensive prostate cancer treatments may not yield benefits for older patients with comorbidities, according to a study in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Surgery and radiation may not improve surviv… Read More

Growth in the number of consumer-driven health plans has prompted an increase in the sales of critical illness insurance, which many use as a supplement to their plans, experts say. Sales of critical … Read More

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is traveling the state to show insurance brokers and employers how it can be a partner in workplace wellness, using its own program as a case study. The company had a… Read More

The American Psychiatric Association has included updated guidelines and criteria for PTSD in the latest Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The new standard eliminates some of the restrictive criteria… Read More

A KLAS report finds that health care groups are turning more to partial outsourcing deals and less on extensive outsourcing services to meet their growing IT demands amid pressures to satisfy meaningf… Read More

An iPhone application developed by a team of health professionals from the University of Virginia School of Medicine shows promise in reducing the size of diagnostic electrocardiogram images and sendi… Read More

The American Dental Association is urging states to expand Medicaid dental benefits for adults. An estimated 5.3 million adults will gain dental benefits under the Affordable Care Act, but most will b… Read More

A booster dose of yellow fever vaccine is not needed for most people, according to the World Health Organization. A Harvard University public health expert said a second shot could make sense for cert… Read More

Johnson & Johnson unit Ethicon, which makes sutures and wound-care devices, will be merged with Ethicon Endo-Surgery, which makes devices and implements for minimally invasive surgery. The move will s… Read More