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Hospitals

Hospitals

Hospitals prepped — and spent big — for the eclipse. It was a bust

By Casey Ross and Megan Thielking

Politics

CMS moves to cancel Medicare programs overhauling some hospital payments

By Erin Mershon

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Hospitals

The cost of treating opioid overdose victims is skyrocketing

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Pharmalot

Dozens of hospitals slashed use of two key heart drugs after price hikes

By Ed Silverman

First Opinion

In countries with a shortage of surgeons, other health care workers can fill in the gaps

By Tigistu Adamu Ashengo

Health

‘Doctors are getting shot’: Navigating the perils of pain pill prescribing in the midst of an opioid crisis

Hospitals

Hospitals brace for security risks that could come with using wearables for patient care

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First Opinion

I told my emergency medicine team to ‘move on’ after a horrific patient death. That was a mistake

By Jay Baruch

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Health

A ‘perfect storm’ superbug: How an invasive fungus got health officials’ attention

By Helen Branswell

Hospitals

Could drug testing have saved Dr. Carmen Puliafito’s career, and USC’s reputation?

In the Know

Stanford’s first chief wellness officer takes aim at physician burnout

First Opinion

Human trafficking must be officially recognized as a medical diagnosis

By Abraar Karan and Hanni Stoklosa

Health

Charlie Gard’s parents withdraw appeal to send baby to U.S. for treatment

By Associated Press

First Opinion

Peer counseling for clinicians provides immediate support — and pays off for the hospital

By Cheryl Connors

Hospitals

Expanding his medical empire is good for Patrick Soon-Shiong. But is it good for patients?

By Rebecca Robbins

Exclusive

U.S. News postpones release of hospital rankings due to data errors

First Opinion

Physicians need to openly discuss medical mistakes and near misses

By Sara Scarlet

Hospitals

Iranian cancer researcher, detained in Boston, sent home on return flight

By Megan Thielking

Hospitals

Iranian scientist traveling to Boston for cancer research is detained

By Megan Thielking

Health

Medical debt? Big changes are coming to the way credit agencies report it

By Michelle Andrews — Kaiser Health News

First Opinion

More female leadership: a different kind of health care reform

By Annette Walker

Hospitals

Hearing on Charlie Gard sought after new details emerge on experimental treatment

By Associated Press

Health

In pain and with nowhere to go, homeless patients find respite in a writing group

By Megan Thielking

Hospitals

New York hospital offers to admit Charlie Gard, baby at center of life-and-death legal fight

By Sharon Begley

Hospitals

Patrick Soon-Shiong to operate six California hospitals, expanding medical empire

By Rebecca Robbins

Endnotes

Where a doctor saw a treatable cancer, a patient saw an evil spirit

By Bob Tedeschi

Special Report

The game changers: 12 bold attempts to slow the opioid epidemic

Hospitals

Hospital groups slam health care bill released by Senate

By Erin Mershon and Max Blau

Health

A surgeon’s secret: As she operated on babies’ birth defects, a doctor hid her own diagnosis

By Charlotte Huff

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