Burnout among nurses is linked to worse patient safety, and lower healthcare quality and satisfaction, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open.

UnitedHealthcare will be expanding its individual and Family Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans to 30 additional states, with the increase encompassing new coverage areas in Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming, as well as additional counties in 13 other states.

Patients suffer the health consequences of attacks that delay or disrupt care or result in ambulances being turned away, says Greg Garcia, executive director of the HSCC, Cybersecurity Working Group.  

Tom Leary, head of Government Relations at HIMSS, is tracking what the change in the administration could mean for interoperability and data sharing regulations that are already well underway. He and his team are also looking at what a new Congress means for other policies. “We absolutely expect with the new Congress, some new policy […]

Walgreens is paying $100 million to settle a seven-year-old class action lawsuit alleging the company inflated drug prices. Walgreens denies wrongdoing. The class action suit, Russo v. Walgreens Co., dragged out over seven years in “hard-fought litigation,” according to court documents. WHY THIS MATTERS