About one-third of patients over 70 years old and more than half of patients over 85 leave the hospital more disabled than when they arrived, research shows.

This article first appeared August 9, 2016 on the...

Private not-for-profit hospitals were the facilities most likely to offer language services. Yet, in areas with the greatest need, about 36% did not have systems in place. In areas with low need, seven out of ten facilities had the...

After a more than two-year moratorium on nearly all new adult patients, a California community health center has reopened its doors this month. The facility’s director discusses the experience of adjusting to the changes wrought by the Affordable Care Act.

Researchers analyzed the effect of a web-based tool that uses patient medical records to enhance communication during the patient handoff. The number of medical mistakes was cut in half the year after the hospital introduced the software tool and taught employees how to...