Sen. Bernie Sanders' (I-Vt.) healthcare proposal has brought the idea of a single-payer healthcare system back into prominence, according to MedPage Today.
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Western Connecticut Orthopedic Surgical Center in Danbury, Conn., was the site of the first single-day, outpatient total knee replacement in the Danbury area, according to a Hamlet Hub report.
In a study published in the journal Ophthalmology, researchers found children with uncorrected farsightedness performed poorly on preschool literary tests.
Accountable care organizations are groups of physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high quality care.
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Here are 10 key trends from Deloitte's "2016 Health Care Providers Industry Outlook" based on an interview with Mitchell Morris, MD, the vice chairman and US/Global Health Care Providers leader at Deloitte Consulting.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump wants a policy allowing Medicare to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies to reduce drug prices, according to The Hill.
The body of John Marshall, DO, the chief surgeon at Spokane (Wash.) VA Medical Center, was found in the Spokane River on Jan. 26, according to KREM2.
Most physicians believe certain appointments should not occur via phone or online, based on a mHealth Intelligence and Aptus Health survey, according to benefitspro.
Findings raise the possibility of treating blindness using a patient's own corrected cells as replacement tissue.