Quality and Safety
HHS Office for Civil Rights said lack of firewall to blame; breach exposed private information of more than 1,600 people.
Farid Fata, Detroit-area cancer doctor, was convicted of raking in over $17 million by poisoning patients with unnecessary chemotherapy, other drugs.
The infections account for roughly 5 percent of hospitals infections, and are deadly in a quarter of cases.
Memorial Hermann Sugar Land becomes the first Houston-area hospital, and the third in Texas, to win the award.
Average of all one-star hospitals, immediate service base shows almost $21K less in household median income, 28.3 percent more in poverty.
The CMS Medicare Star Rating system ranks the performance and quality of Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug plans.
4,465 providers participated in the insurer's provider quality rewards program for improved outcomes for Medicare members.
A string of court cases has raised questions about their involvement in surgeries that went awry, dating back to the late 1970s.
Journal says new rating system "will do more harm than good" for patients, families and caregivers.
One in three American adults -- about 80 million people -- has high blood pressure, and according to the AMA that number is steadily climbing.