According to research from the Department of Health and Human Services, nursing care must do more to stop accidental harm to patients, much of which is preventable.

Health care advocates in Turkey and around the world are concerned that new legislation is intended to promote punitive measures for medical personnel treating anti-government demonstrators.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is facing criticism due to technical glitches in the rollout of online insurance exchanges.

London has been identified as a real problem area for the National Health Service because of the numerous health care challenges and costs associated with the capital city’s population.

On October 1st, every state in the U.S. will open an online health insurance marketplace. For states that have opted to run their own insurance exchange (rather than letting the federal government set it up), the challenge now is informing residents about how to use these new marketplaces. Americans who already have insurance probably don't need to know the ins and outs of online exchanges,…

Late last month, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released new recommendations regarding lung cancer screening. At the moment, most lung cancer detection programs rely on chest C-rays and mucus tests; however,…

If recent news stories are any indication, the general public of the United States is not comfortable with personal data getting into the hands of the government - the revelation last week concerning the

For more than six years, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has not had a confirmed chief administrator. That is a concerning fact - CMS is responsible for the health insurance and care of nearly one in three Americans, and has a yearly budget…

This week, an article published by Kaiser Health News called attention to the issue of colon cancer. Excluding lung cancer, colorectal cancers are responsible for the most cancer-related deaths…

India's General Insurers Public Sector Association (GIPSA), have shortlisted 9 companies to create a captive joint-venture third party administrator (TPA) to manage their cashless claims services. GIPSA's group of four public sector general insurance companies -- New India Assurance;…