Consolidation is not new to health care. The most obvious example is of a hospital buying small clinics to expand its footprint. Those campaigns are
Washington law requires that health care providers maintain a license to practice medicine. So does every other state. This means the state reviews applications and
You may have read our previous coverage regarding the aspergillus infections acquired at Seattle Children’s Hospital. You may have also seen Tyler Goldberg-Hoss’s interviews related
Pharmacists at large chains are complaining of understaffed and chaotic workplaces. They are being squeezed between difficult to meet performance metrics and safely doing their
Sometimes 80 years old is not 80 years old Why does something priced $19.99 seem less expensive than something priced $20? The phenomenon is called
Some of the largest health care systems in the country are opposing a rule aimed at improving your access to patient records The Department of
Surgery centers are increasingly popular alternatives to hospitals; they come with some unappealing tradeoffs, however. The concept of surgical centers started almost fifty years ago as
Some doctors opt out of insurance – and can leave their patients in the cold People commonly assume that the doctor or surgeon they are
Long hours and low pay contributing to residents’ frustration Residents at the University of Washington staged a “sick in” recently in order to get medical
It turns out health care spending does not directly correlate to “healthiness” An algorithm widely used to allocate health care resources among patient populations has
