Articles by Matt O'Connor

The USS Repose and sister ship, USS Sanctuary provided care second-to-none during the war in Vietnam.

Prescription drug side affects are going unreported by drug makers; a new approach to Alzheimer's may be a game changer and more news in health care this week.

After a tornado sent nearly 200 victims to nearby St. Louis hospitals, a new approach to disaster planning was born.

Hospitals consider green initiatives, community needs when tackling effects of pollution on public health, says EPA administrator Gina McCarthy.

The clinical learning environment has tremendous influence on the practices and patterns soon-to-be physicians will take into the working world and throughout their careers. So, providing the best educational training is essential for both medical staff and patients. 

Walgreens takes on prescription drug abuse; health care 'homes' save big money; and entrepreneurs bring visibility to drug prices, in news you might have missed this week.

When laundry was taking up too much space in two Bismarck, N.D., hospitals, they decided to combine forces and formed Central Dakota Hospital Laundry Inc.

Pagers may finally be on their way out at hospitals, email bots may be the solution for giving patients empathy, and Medicare can't say no, in H&HN's weekly roundup of news you may have missed.

Shortly after the World Health Organization announced the Zika virus an international public health emergency on Monday, a case of Zika virus infection transmitted by sex, as opposed to a mosquito bite, was confirmed in Texas on Tuesday. 

Hot off the presses is the 2016–2021 FutureScan Healthcare Trends and Implications environmental assessment. The annual survey identifies the eight most important emerging issues and trends in health care for the next five years. 

The Zika virus has been confirmed in more than 20 countries in South and Central America, including cases in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday described measures being taken to understand and treat the continuous spread of the Zika virus before it can become prevalent in the United States.