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A ride to the grocery store may be all it takes.

Avoidable medical errors cost the U.S. economy $19.5 billion in 2008

Few companies create the kind of comprehensive wellness programs that are likely to make a meaningful difference in employees' health.

Reform will boost health care coverage, but the consequences won't be nearly as cut and dried as you might expect

As many as 11 different parties can be held accountable or hold others accountable in health care

Here are 10 key nursing department indicators that board members can easily grasp and will enable them to more confidently and accurately answer that important question.

While progress has been made, we are still far from having safe and reliable care environments.

More primary care providers are on the way thanks to $250 million in new investments from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Beginning in fiscal year 2013, a new health reform law imposes financial penalties on hospitals for so-called "excess" readmissions when compared with "expected" levels of readmissions for certain conditions.

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