When you head into the emergency room, you might assume that the doctors you see are hospital employees who accept the same insurance plans as their employer. But nearly two-thirds
mericans spend much more than people in most other countries on prescribed drugs. That’s one finding in a new report, Health at a Glance 2015, from the Organisation for Economic
Brand-name drugs may offer more value, but not in the way you’d expect, a new study from New Zealand suggests. The research finds that placebo painkillers labeled with a brand
The U.S. health care system saved a record $254 billion dollars in 2014 from generic drugs, which amounts to $1.68 trillion over the most recent decade (2005-2014), according to the
Like most patients, Robert Delfino did what his doctor told him: Go to the hospital for an outpatient cardiac procedure to determine the cause of his heart condition. Delfino, 54,
The first-ever study to measure medical errors in the perioperative period (immediately before, during and after a surgical procedure) has found that a mistake is made in every other operation.
Early efforts to publish performance data about doctors and hospitals usually required a strong external force, such as pressure from a state department of health. But thats changing. Some leading
Pharmacist Narender Dhallan winces as he looks at a computer screen in his drugstore on a recent morning. For the second time in two hours, he has to decide whether
As Americans, we are facing many challenges with our health care system. The biggest one is the cost. Between 1975 and 2008, Medicare spending grew 2.5 percent faster than our
Nearly two in three Western New York adults 722,000 people are either overweight or obese, according to a new report from Univera Healthcare. Excess annual medical spending in
