La Jolla, Calif.-based Salk Institute and Boston-based Harvard Medical School researchers identified a protein complex that demonstrates how viruses infect host cells.
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A grand jury indicted Rocky Allen, a Swedish Medical Center former surgical tech who tampered with a syringe containing pain medication, according to CNN.
Researchers found an influenza infection increased patients' risk of developing atrial fibrillation, according to MD.
Baltimore-based University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers found a new treatment protecting mice from MERS infection.
Congressional Budget Office predicts premiums will increase nearly 60 percent in the next decade, according to Lancaster Online.
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A large group of healthcare industry stakeholders released new quality measures to make the reporting process easier for providers and to better support evolving value-based payment mechanisms, according to Health Data Management.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City has begun implementing mobile apps for both patients and physicians, according to the Huffington Post.
Stanford (Calif.) Health Care is facing criticism regarding poor patient care measures due to its recent poor Medicare ratings and older C. difficile infection raters, according to The Stanford Daily.
For the first time, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services and America's Health Insurance Plans agreed on how to measure physician quality in seven areas, according to The Washington Post.
Thousands of patients in Iowa's hospitals are seriously or fatally injured due to unreported, preventable medical errors, as found in Heartland Health Research Institute's new report, "Silently Harmed—Hospital Medical Errors in Iowa," according to cbc online.