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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.

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.

Trade associations have chimed in with cybersecurity contract recommendations of their own.

Four women who were diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent breast reconstruction surgeries filed lawsuits this week against Roper St. Francis after they developed infections that they claim caused "severe, debilitating injuries."

Thirty-eight states and the District of Columbia increased their overall health security last year, with eight remaining steady and four declining.

About 75% of workplace assaults occur in the healthcare and social service sector each year, and violence-related injuries are four times more likely to cause healthcare workers to take time off from work than other kinds of injuries.

Jurors on Friday afternoon returned a punitive damages verdict of $35 million dollars, in addition to Thursday's compensatory award, bringing total damages to $68 million. 

The key, researchers say, is in a facility-specific model, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.

One of Barclay Berdan’s prescriptions for a great workplace culture in the healthcare industry sounds a lot like “an apple a day.” Berdan is CEO of Texas Health Resources, which has ranked as the no.1 best workplace in healthcare for four straight years.