Health Insurance, Facilities & IT

CDC officials reported Tuesday that the recent hepatitis A outbreak has sickened 118 people in eight states, 47 of whom were hospitalized. The outbreak has been linked to a frozen berry mix sold at Co… Read More

States and the federal government have missed some deadlines for tasks required to get health insurance exchanges online by the Oct. 1 deadline, the Government Accountability Office says. Read More

There is an increase in the number of wellness companies exhibiting at this year's Society of Human Resource Management conference, writes Allen Greenberg of BenefitsPro.com. Interactive Health vice p… Read More

Staff at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System hospital in the city's Oakland neighborhood knew about Legionella bacteria in the water lines five years before disclosing an outbreak of Legionnaires' dis… Read More

Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, N.Y., has enhanced its data availability and cut by 75% the time it takes to track and manage its normal backup operations since transitioning to a single, enter… Read More

More than 50% of providers responding to an eClinicalWorks survey said they are part of an accountable care organization, patient-centered medical home or other nontraditional care model, while about … Read More

Oral pH stays elevated for 30 minutes after eating cheese, counteracting the effects of acid on dental enamel and protecting teeth from erosion, research from the Academy of General Dentistry found. C… Read More

HHS on Tuesday released updated guidelines that include recommendations that organ donors be screened for hepatitis B and C as well as for greater use of nucleic acid testing. The guidelines, co-devel… Read More

Negative-pressure wound therapy decreased methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in rat wounds more rapidly when wounds were dressed with a silver ion-containing polyurethane foam dressing compar… Read More