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

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 is playing a maj… 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

The Pentagon has named Col. John M. Cho to the Army's top medical post in Europe. Cho, a cardiothoracic surgeon, is set to become the top officer for Europe Regional Medical Command and command surgeo… 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

The Mayo Clinic has designed a population health tool that can be used with mobile devices and applications to improve patient health. Called Mayo Clinic Healthy Living, the platform will include feat… 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