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Despite research that shows staying in bed can be harmful to seniors, many hospitals still don't put a high priority on making them walk.

One in five Americans is estimated to have a mental health condition at any given time. But getting treatment remains difficult -- and it's worse for children, especially those who identify as black or Hispanic.

Following a data breach that compromised the medical information of hundreds of thousands of patients, Athens Orthopedic Clinic says they cannot pay for credit monitoring for those affected.

The healthcare providers plan to open several more centers in the urban market by early 2017.

Personal information of more than 650,000 Bon Secours patients - including names, insurance identification numbers, banking information, social security numbers and some clinical data - was left exposed on the internet for four days this spring by a business associate of the hospital system.

By itself, the higher-value care intervention doesn't live up to its cost reduction potential, due mostly to inadequate funding, researchers say.

Eighty-five percent of hospitals required to participate in the new Medicare cardiac bundled payment models will not experience gains or losses that exceed $500,000 per year, based on their current spending patterns, according to a new study by Avalere.

The Minnesota Hospital Association released a study Friday that shows significant shortcomings in patients getting appropriate care for mental health issues in their hospitals.

Quorum attributed its $245 million loss to nearly $220 million in charges tied to the spin-off from Community Health Systems.

Scientists at the University of Southern California discovered a key weapon used by the Zika virus to ravage the brains of infected fetuses: proteins.