Patients and providers say health insurers’ preapproval requirements lead to delays and denials of needed medical treatments.

It is also the first test of New York’s shield law, which is meant to protect providers from out-of-state investigations and prosecutions for sending abortion pills to patients with strict restr ...

MaineGeneral has capacity to see patients in Waterville, but to maximize medical staff capacity, new patients also will be seen in Augusta, McKenna said. MaineGeneral is adding family medicine ...

New data published today shows that 784 patients a day were in hospital with norovirus last week (week ending 19 January 2025), up from 650 the previous week. Levels ...

New guidelines are in place for Alberta doctors who, for safety reasons, decide to reduce the number of patients on their roster. Acknowledging the province's health-care system is under strain ...

Doctors say referring patients to specialist services over the border is not straightforward The level of bureaucracy involved in referring patients to specialist care in England "is too much to ...

The level of bureaucracy involved in referring patients to specialist care in England "is too much to deal with", doctors say. Politicians in Westminster are exploring the state of border ...

Despite long covid’s vast reach, the federal government’s investment in researching the disease — to the tune of $1.15 billion as of December — has so far failed to bring any new treatments to market.

The safety of abelacimab as compared with a direct oral anticoagulant in patients with atrial fibrillation is unknown. Patients with atrial fibrillation and a moderate-to-high risk of stroke were ...

Cookeville Regional Medical Center officials are already planning for a new emergency room and more beds even as a 20-bed expansion is underway. CRMC recently opened 26 new beds in the renovated 5 ...

The level of bureaucracy involved in referring patients to specialist care in England "is too much to deal with", doctors say. Politicians in Westminster are exploring the state of border healthcare ...

Five GP clinics in Geelong are using a finger prick or throat swab to test whether a patient's infection is bacterial or whether it's caused by a different type of microbe. Both tests produce a ...