Patients are waiting 38 days on average to see doctors in Minneapolis, which ranked fourth-worst for appointment wait times in a study of 15 U.S. cities that are encountering physician shortages.

As hospitals juggle unprecedented demand for virtual and in-person services, many are taking a "NASA" approach to keep tabs on operations.

When clinical leaders at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Youngstown (Ohio) Hospital first proposed the goal of reaching zero hospital-acquired infections, some physicians balked. It was a lofty, ...

Hospitals in the Midwest score the highest in hospital performance metrics, a recent study found. The study, published June 11 in PLOS One, analyzed Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare ...