accountability

In September, a patient in the Intensive Care Unit at Mercy Hospital Springfield had a potentially life-threatening heart rate and began coughing up blood as alarms alerted nurses. The bedside nurse requested assistance from the charge nurse and received no response....

A health care center in western Michigan is accused of agreeing to requests by patients for white-only caregivers. Six black certified nursing assistants filed a lawsuit April 11 against Providence Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, where they all work or formerly...

The document outlines the terms to which Banner Health agreed under a settlement to end False Claims Act litigation brought by a whistleblower.

Carbon dioxide emissions generated by the healthcare system could play a role in approximately 20,000 premature deaths each year that are linked to air pollution.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved nine biosimilars, generic versions of biologic medicines, but only three are available in the U.S. Drug manufacturers are using several schemes to "hamstring biosimilar competition," FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said. ...

With few opportunities to hone their skills, military surgeons are inadvertently putting certain patients at risk for adverse outcomes.

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland unveiled a new expanded outpatient center today. While everyone is thrilled about the larger space some doctors are concerned they're losing a say in how the facility is run.

A Minnesota doctor accused of illegally prescribing an opioid painkiller for Prince a week before the musician died from a fentanyl overdose has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a federal civil violation, according to documents made public Thursday.

The injunction permanently enjoins the defendants from distributing adulterated drugs in violation of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

This year may be the last chance to save them.