A new study involving more than 80,000 US nursing homes has found a link between the use of staffing agency nurses and lower quality ratings in the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Five-Star ...

The New York State Nurses Association report showed between January and October 2024, hospitals failed to staff intensive care units and critical care patients at the state-mandated ratio more than 50 ...

Last week's flu activity was particularly intense in the South, Southwest and western U.S. The states reporting lesser amounts of suffering were mostly in the northern Great Plains and in New England.

United Parcel Service Inc. has been quietly building a health-care empire to offset stagnating revenue in its core package-delivery business. Specialized logistics services, unlike standard brown-box ...

Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio's office says there is a "direct correlation" between inaction by the state's Center for Health Information and Analysis and the closing of hospitals. The ...

After setting its sights on expanding ambulatory care, Ardent Health continues to make moves to grow its network. The latest deal featuring the for-profit health system saw it acquire 18 urgent care ...

A report from Moody’s Investor Services clocked in the median operating cash flow margin as nearing 7%, but noted that growth ...

One of the primary opportunities after a merger or acquisition is creating standards among the medical staff. Clinicians play ...

Nurse managers are the 'CEOs' of their patient care area, and it's the CNO's job to support them, according to this nurse leader.

A surprising class of blood cell not typically associated with immunity plays a role in shaping the durability of immunity to vaccination, new research suggests.

The central Wisconsin-based health system joined the largest rural health system in the U.S. after a previous merger attempt failed last year.

Researchers have identified a focal point for the forces they suspect of driving up cancer cases in young people: the gut. They are searching people’s bodies and childhood histories for culprits.