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Thirty-day hospital readmission risk has become an important measure of the quality of hospital care, and is closely tied to reimbursement.

Information and technology comprise the backbone of smart, digital hospitals and systems. CIOs are leading that next-generation of healthcare and, in so doing, spending increasing amounts of time interacting with all top executives to shape the future by more effectively and efficiently harnessing technologies that align with business goals.

Here's a look at what hospitals need to move forward, top priorities and the biggest obstacles they face today.

Policy asks Liaison Committee on Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to gather data on medical student, resident, fellow suicides.

AG's settlement stipulates that the newly-combined system make significant financial commitments to improving access to care and an historic 7-year cap on price increases.

Mental illness and substance use disorder are still the main driver of acute hospitalizations among homeless adults.

Insurers have two weeks left to sign-up consumers, as Trump Administration plans to allow ACA subsidies to cover non-Obamacare insurance.

Democrats demand answers to what they call a sabotage of the ACA.

The rule directs pharmaceutical manufacturers to disclose the maximum per unit ceiling price that can be charged to 340B hospitals.

At issue were infection control violations, which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services described as "significant."