Health survey lists shortcomings
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Inspectors have told Maricopa Integrated Health System officials they need to fix an assortment of problems discovered in a recent survey.
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A committee of the Institute of Medicine concluded there isn&#39;t enough evidence to determine whether most of veterans&#39; health problems are associated with such exposures.
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Most U.S. states have made little progress toward improving women's health and many have fallen behind as rates of obesity and diabetes continue to climb, a new 50-state report released on Wednesday showed.
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NEW YORK  - Physicians frequently fail to   provide patients with all the information they should have when   they're prescribed new medication, investigators in California   report.
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Medicare patients will likely have a  harder time seeing a doctor if proposed cuts to the program are  implemented, according to a survey of doctors released by the  American Medical Association on Monday.
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Physicians frequently fail to  provide patients with all the information they should have when  they're prescribed new medication, investigators in California  report.
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Â· Government failed to follow up patients at riskÂ· Danger of wider infection a 'serious problem'
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A major survey is to try to establish how many people are malnourished when they are admitted to hospitals and care homes.
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SEATTLE -- Washington state&#39;s Medicaid system cannot account for 1.4 million pills, thousands of people who are dead or lack Social Security numbers are receiving benefits and abuse of mental patients may be unreported, auditors believe.
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A national health report released Monday shows that progress in the nation&#39;s overall healthiness is slowing dramatically and even declining in some areas -- a trend that&#39;s reflected locally.
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Description: With new information coming out about the downsides of four popular pain relievers, consumers are facing the shortcomings of drug testing.
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One in three hospital patients is unhappy with the quality of food they receive, a survey suggests.
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Manitoba has the shortest hospital waiting lists in Canada, according to a Fraser Institute report released this week. Sounds good on paper.
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Doctors are missing key information they need to make decisions for cancer patients because some drug companies are not publishing clinical trials.
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England's unhealthiest places revealed by government "health maps".
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WASHINGTON -- Routine failure to provide needed health care in the United States came with the price tag of $1.8 billion in additional medical costs and up to 79,000 avoidable deaths, according to a new study.
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In the annual review of our medical practice, we often fail to answer a crucial question: What is the quality of our care?