Innovation initiatives help hospitals to improve the quality of care, this new chief medical executive says. In the hospital setting, frontline staff should be leaders in innovation, the new chief ...

The escalating costs of traditional hospital care have become a pressing concern for both healthcare systems and patients. In the United States, a typical three-day hospital stay can easily total more ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine finds that there is no risk-free setting for giving birth, whether at home, in a birth center, or in a ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has approved waivers for six health systems to provide acute care at home. The hospitals include Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts; Huntsman ...

A lead physician at the recently opened Topeka ER & Hospital says the facility offers an alternative to traditional hospital settings where some people may not feel comfortable. Topeka ER & Hospital, ...

Payers are increasingly issuing policies that push patients outside of hospital settings, according to Laren Tan, MD, chair of Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health’s department of medicine. Dr. Tan ...

All post-acute settings are not created equal.1 The growing rate of skilled nursing facility (SNF) closures has only reinforced this gap in care quality, leaving patients and hospitals straining to ...

In general, inpatient vs. outpatient care depends on how long you need to be in a hospital or clinic. Outpatient procedures are handled on the same day, while inpatient procedures require overnight or ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) represents a major concern in renal and systemic health research, traditionally investigated within hospital and critical care ...