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Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society honored the University of Missouri Health Care with the HIMSS Enterprise Nicholas E. Davies Award of Excellence, according to News-Medical.

Many U.S. adults are not comfortable with their healthcare data security, according to a University of Phoenix College of Health Professions School of Health Services Administration survey.

A new study, by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, found that overweight or obese patients were less likely to require blood transfusions when undergoing hip and knee replacement surgery.

The University HealthSystem Consortium honored Tufts Medical Center in Boston with the Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Award.

Global Virus Network issued a warning concerning a disconcerting rise in the number of measles cases detected in the first eight months of 2014, according to LegalNewsline.com.

Avindra Nath, MD, of National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, may be a step closer to finding a cure for ALS, according to NBC News. The researchers published their findings in Science Translational Medicine.

Santa Clara County installed eight medication collection bins, so as to increase the public health environment.

Researchers are studying Chikungunya arthritis in hopes it will lead to treatments for patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, according to WNDU.com.

The ASC Quality Collaboration has published data from its quality report for the second quarter of 2015.

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most pressing problems in healthcare today. Here are 10 things to know.