Julius A. Karash

Engage for Health has taken health literacy into communities. Officials say such collaborative efforts are needed to help consumers navigate the complexities of health care.

Six Oregon health care organizations are investing in a partnership that will provide housing and health services for homeless and low-income people. The initiative is expected to benefit vulnerable individuals as well as hospitals, and is a key piece of population health, those involved say.

The winners of this year’s Most Wired Innovator Awards harnessed information technology to tackle clinical care, price transparency and physician orders.

The emergence of a new strain of E. coli that is resistant to colistin raises the stakes for hospitals in their ongoing battle against drug-resistant infections.

One of the biggest challenges when it comes to patients with chronic conditions is making sure they actually receive the tests and follow-up care recommended by their primary care physicians. Analytics programs help.

Medication reconciliation is an important concern in the clinical integration movement.

The use of 3-D printing technology is quickly gaining a foothold in health care. A growing number of health systems are using 3-D printing technologies that enable surgeons to practice on an exact replica of a body part before the patient is wheeled into an operating room.

Is affiliation inevitable?

Rural hospital leaders are preparing their boards to meet the many challenges of our changing health care system.

As health care transformation kicks into high gear, hospitals step up efforts to rein in costs and boost quality

Greater hospital-physician collaboration and state reforms are impacting malpractice coverage in a multitude of ways. What strategies should you pursue?

Use of consumer technology gives hospitals a new set of worries

Hefty leases, proposed accounting rule changes need thoughtful consideration

They will explore alternatives while monitoring the balance sheet

Expansion of recovery audit program to Medicaid raises new concerns