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In total, 88 hospitals in North Carolina received safety grades in Leapfrog’s fall 2023 report. NC hospital safety rankings released. See which hospitals received A, B and C grades
America's Health Rankings started in 1990 and is the longest-running annual assessment of the nation's health on a state-by-state basis. It is founded on the World Health Organization holistic definition of health, which says health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
But as CNBC reports, an increase in major medical claims and the adoption of GLP-1 drugs used to treat conditions like Type 2 diabetes and obesity are driving costs up for everyone.
For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates in the United States may finally be heading in the right direction and new weight loss drugs like semaglutide could be part of the reason why. A ...
Some policy analysts say that patient satisfaction does not reflect quality of healthcare. Researchers at RAND Corp and the Department of Veterans Affairs asked 236 elderly patients from two managed care plans in 2005 to rate their care, and then examined care in medical records, as reported in Annals of Internal Medicine. No correlation was found.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is an academic medical center and health system located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and part of Charlotte-based Atrium Health.It is the largest employer in Forsyth County, with more than 19,220 employees and a total of 198 buildings on 428 acres.
John B. Buse is the Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine (UNC). He is also the director of UNC's Diabetes Care Center and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute.
In fact, Thompson’s shooting unleashed a wave of online vitriol aimed at insurers over coverage that was denied to patients. Meanwhile, security firms have been flooded with calls from companies ...