Category: Modern Healthcare

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue has invested $400,000 to help roughly 300 patients transition to a plant-based diet. A growing body of research shows vegetable-based diets can prevent and reverse chronic diseases.

Considering the pressure the CMS has faced over the past year to address concerns that accrediting agencies engage in conflicts of interest, some industry observers think the agency could make meaningful changes to how accreditors operate.

Dr. Rod Hochman in 2012 oversaw the union of Providence and a secular organization, Swedish Health Services. While acknowledging that every deal is different, Hochman says research is key to the sometimes scary move to combine organizations.

Unknown is how much of an impact the wave of new members will have on legislation and oversight.

Brian Gragnolati, CEO of Atlantic Health System, plans on making affordability the focus of his tenure as chairman of the American Hospital Association board of trustees.

Researchers satirically suggested using a parachute when jumping from an aircraft doesn’t necessarily reduce death or major traumatic injuries compared with jumping without one. But they had a serious point to make.

The J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference kicks off the healthcare new year this week, while new electronic healthcare tools will be on display in Las Vegas at the Digital Health Summit.

Payment reform is a way to use financial incentives to change behavior and potentially drive delivery reforms that improve outcomes. We need bold experimentation and rigorous evaluation to figure out how to get it right, Suzanne DelBanco writes.

A new beer spa in Chicago offers Americans a unique experience that’s popular in Eastern Europe: bathing in suds.

The industry is preparing for regulatory battles with the administration and hopes for a draw with a politically-divided Congress.