After some of the nation's largest insurers encountered a higher amount of claims than expected, Health Insurance Marketplace CEO Kevin Counihan urged states to "own reinsurance programs to help stabilize their markets," Forbes reports.
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A Research and Markets report found the global biosimilars market is projected to grow substantially from 2016 to 2020.
Danish researchers studied whether hospitalization for serious infections impacted patients' risk of suicide, according to CBS News.
In the workplace, nurses encounter various safety issues, but they can employ certain strategies to prevent such events, according to Minority Nurse.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers conducted a study which found increasing a facility' s hand hygiene compliance lowered the number of healthcare-associated infections, according to CDC.
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In July, three top Seres Therapeutics executives sold $2.5 million in company stock after the company's infectious disease drug failed during the clinical trails. The stock fell almost 70 percent, yet the executives avoided almost $2 million in paper losses…
Middleton, Mont.-based Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare has unveiled its new website.
A study presented at the 2016 Digestive Disease Week claims that early initiation of enteral nutrition in hospitals faces several unnecessary delays, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News reports.
Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers found providers can lower medical error rates if they utilize a web-based handoff tool in combination with a training workshop, according to Medscape.
Brazilian researchers found Zika may be linked to the vector-borne infection, which may lead to arthrogryposis in infants, according to International Business Times.