Hospitals

The Rabbit

First Opinion

As a doctor in the ICU, I sometimes feel helpless. Poetry provides solace

By Colleen M. Farrell

Border fence with barbed wire

First Opinion

The real border crisis is occurring in medical and emergency clinics

By Claire Lamneck

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A tent in a homeless encampment

First Opinion

Taking care of Charlie helped one California town nearly halve hospital use

By Lauran Hardin and Shelly Trumbo

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NYU Langone - Dr. Robert I. Grossman

First Opinion

High-quality care can lower U.S. health care costs: a case study from Brooklyn

By William A. Haseltine

Crushed Aluminum Can on side of road

First Opinion

Sen. Grassley: Stop kicking Medicaid’s safety net hospital payments down the road

By Chuck Grassley

Match Day

First Opinion

Ideas for easing medical students’ Match Day ‘frenzy’

By Alison Volpe Holmes and Mona M. Abaza

VASOSTRICT illo

Politics

An ICU staple has exponentially spiked in price. Can compounding solve that problem? Now the courts will decide

By Nicholas Florko

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Calculator

First Opinion

Value extends beyond the cost of drugs and health care

By Jennifer Bright and Mark Linthicum

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Elderly patient hand with physician

First Opinion

HIPAA proposal would move us closer to coordinated care

By David Friend

Fertilized Human Egg

Health

‘They don’t want his story to end’: Efforts to save the sperm of the deceased come with heartache and tough questions

By Andrew Joseph

Hospital Cloud illo

Hospitals

As tech giants compete for contracts, hospitals shift their data to the cloud

CAR-T

Health

Hospitals are saving lives with CAR-T. Getting paid is another story

By Ike Swetlitz

Surgical instruments

First Opinion

Health care price tags won’t find you the best doctor

By Michael L. Millenson

Hospital 1918

First Opinion

IRS rule changes helped create a payment-focused hospital system

By Patrick Masseo

Da Vinci Surgical Robot

Hospitals

FDA sounds an alarm on using robotic devices in cancer surgeries, citing concerns about safety and results

Time's Up

Health

Time’s Up sets its sights on gender bias and harassment in health care

By Megan Thielking

Surgery - operating room

First Opinion

‘Overlapping surgery’ is safe for most patients, but not all

By Eric C. Sun and Anupam B. Jena

Robert Chelsea

Health

Face transplant patients endure a long and painful journey — and it’s even worse for black patients

By Liz Kowalczyk — Boston Globe

Rural Hospitals Hard Times

First Opinion

1 in 5 rural hospitals are at risk of imminent closure. Lawmakers could help some stay open

By Dave Mosley

Medical costs photo illustration

First Opinion

Seema Verma: Americans have the right to know their health care and hospital costs

By Seema Verma

Infusion at home

First Opinion

Cancer treatment at home is safe, effective, and closer to happening than you think

By Nathan R. Handley and Justin E. Bekelman

Iowa Baby Brothers

Don't Miss

With time ticking away, clinicians scramble to save newborn twins from the disease that took their brother

By Rebecca Robbins

Priceberg

First Opinion

We’re missing the true point of hospital price transparency

By Jay Deady

Homeless winter

First Opinion

On a frigid night, do I let a homeless patient keep an ER bed or free it up for someone who may need it more?

By Jay Baruch

Telemedicine Afghanistan

First Opinion

Dispatch from Davos: Hospitals of the future will not be traditional hospitals

By Stephen K. Klasko

Purdue Pharmaceuticals

Health

Tufts to review ties to Purdue Pharma after ‘deeply troubling’ disclosures

By Andrew Joseph

Atul Gawande

Business

Gawande, still mum on plans for new health venture, pulls out of major health conference

MGH

Health

Purdue cemented ties with universities and hospitals to expand opioid sales, documents contend

By Andrew Joseph

Pharmalot

Rising drug prices are making hospitals feel a little sick

By Ed Silverman