Archive: 04/06/2018
Medicaid expansion increases volume and quality of care in rural areas
The Virginia legislature recently voted to expand Medicaid, joining 32 states and the District of Columbia in accepting federal dollars to do so under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The decision comes as the Trump administration ...
Jun 4, 2018
Study finds 2.6 percent mortality rate among children hospitalized for stroke
A major international study has found that 2.6 percent of infants and children hospitalized for stroke die in the hospital.
Jun 4, 2018
New cardiac pump device more effective, less costly than standard pump
In a presentation at the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, and in a simultaneous publication in Circulation, investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital presented evidence ...
Jun 4, 2018