Hospitals

Memorial Sloan Kettering

Hospitals

Top cancer center’s business deals created a web of conflicts, say ethics experts

By Casey Ross and Ike Swetlitz

UPMC liver transplant commercial

Hospitals

Hospitals’ national TV ads build brands for transplants and other high-priced services

By Shefali Luthra — Kaiser Health News

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Geriatric hospital

First Opinion

U.S. hospitals ignore improving elder care. That’s a mistake

By Louise Aronson

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Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned: How to balance residency and a budding career in venture capital

By Kate Sheridan

Nick Leschly - Bluebird Bio

Health

As new therapies arrive, pressure builds on the health care system to figure out how to pay for them

By Andrew Joseph

ER doctors bias

First Opinion

Hey, NRA: I treat gunshot victims. Advocating about firearms is ‘my lane’

By Christopher Lee Bennett

Pharmalot

Pharmalittle: Novo Nordisk plans still more layoffs; will pharma gain allies in the Senate?

By Ed Silverman

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Montana Medicaid

First Opinion

Voters should seize the opportunity to expand Medicaid

By Rod Hochman

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Medical costs

First Opinion

A simple solution to ending ‘surprise’ medical bills: bundled payments

By Ateev Mehrotra and Vivian Ho

Hospital Pharmacy 340B

Pharmalot

Trump administration agrees to rule that would fine pharma for overcharging ‘safety net’ hospitals

By Ed Silverman

Naval academy obstacle course

First Opinion

In the crusade against physician burnout, some preach ‘resilience.’ It’s not that simple

By Rich Joseph

NHS patient care

First Opinion

The U.K.’s Care Opinion: how hospitals can learn from online feedback

By Francis A. Fullam

Bills bills bills

First Opinion

Surprise out-of-network bills are the fault of insurance regulators

By R. Bruce Williams and Geraldine B. McGinty

Colander

First Opinion

Short-term health insurance should worry you even if you don’t need it

By Vivian Ho

Deborah DiSanzo

Exclusive

Head of IBM Watson Health leaving post after company stumbles, growing criticism

By Ike Swetlitz and Casey Ross

Tongue depressors

First Opinion

Consolidation is hurting hospitals’ supply costs, not helping them

By Rob Austin

Psychiatric room - ER

First Opinion

Mental health patients, with nowhere else to go, are overwhelming emergency departments

By Anne Zink

Therapy Dogs Superbug

Health

Therapy dogs can spread superbugs to kids, hospital finds

By Associated Press

Steven Petrow

First Opinion

Memorial Sloan Kettering, you’ve betrayed my trust

By Steven Petrow

Surgical waste

First Opinion

The hidden harm of health care: air, water, and other pollution

By Jonathan E. Slutzman

Yoko K. Sen

Health

Anatomy of a beep: A medical device giant and an avant-garde musician set out to redesign a heart monitor’s chirps

By Eric Boodman

In Shift: The Next Generation

Health

Video games make physicians better in emergency decisions, study finds

By Kate Sheridan

pregnant woman

First Opinion

Maternal deaths represent the canary in the coal mine for women’s health

By Eugene Declercq and Neel Shah

Health

The dogs were supposed to be experts at sniffing out C. diff. Then they smelled breakfast

By Helen Branswell

Orlando Regional Medical Center

First Opinion

The Pulse nightclub tragedy changed how one hospital treats foreign patients

By Eric Alberts and John Corfield

Hospitals

Stanford offers a glimpse into the future of elite children’s hospitals

By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey — Boston Globe

Off the Charts

Off the Charts

Dear Atul Gawande: As you go on your listening tour, don’t forget about mental health

By Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

A nail salon worker paints a customer's nails.

First Opinion

Nail salon workers helped us turn the idea of community-centered health into reality

By Andrea Caracostis and Jo Carcedo

Doctors running for the surgery

First Opinion

Hospital mergers or acquisitions may cause short-term patient safety issues

By Susan Haas, William Berry, and Mark Reynolds