Bruce Japsen

The American Medical Association is urging medical school deans and doctor-training programs to incorporate in their curriculums the organization's ethical guidelines related to drug industry gift-giving. The action, approved this...

As efforts continue by organized medicine and the pharmaceutical industry to curtail gift-giving marketing practices by drug companies, some doctors feel new ethics guidelines have gone too far in reining...

Despite escalating consolidation of hospitals on Chicago's North Side, the largest stand-alone inpatient facility left in the area is growing amid the shakeout. Not only does Swedish Covenant Hospital have...

The embattled pharmaceutical industry will face a powerful new foe in the growing legal assault against drugmakers by consumer groups and federal and state regulators. AARP, the nation's largest senior...

Abbott Laboratories' experimental drug to treat prostate cancer may help men with advanced-stage prostate cancer live longer, according to new research. The study of 244 patients on ABT-627, also known...

With the point and click of a computer mouse, Humana Inc. says Chicago members will soon be able to configure their own policies and view their premiums online rather than...

Fresh from reviewing a consultant's recommendations, Provena Health this summer is looking at layoffs at its seven hospitals and considering selling off its HMO if the Catholic health-care system hopes...

The Illinois State Medical Society has lost a key ally in the fight for its most important legislative initiative in the last two years. The Illinois Hospital Association said it...

In rosier times, when corporate profits and rising stock prices were regarded as givens, as they were in the not-too-distant past, it was a relatively simple matter to discern which...

Humana Inc. is losing members in the Chicago area, even though it is the only Medicare HMO left in the region that offers drug coverage and other perks for seniors....