Bruce Japsen

More than 30 leading health-industry trade groups, consumer advocates and health-care companies are meeting in Chicago through Thursday to advance "the greening of health care in America." In what is...

The effort to eliminate handwritten prescriptions by moving to computerized systems as a way to save money and lives is gaining momentum, say supporters of electronic prescribing initiatives. So-called e-prescribing...

About one month after a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said the diabetes pill Avandia should remain on the market but with strict warnings about heart attack risk, a...

Medical-care providers are trying to thwart a last-minute legislative proposal to require some of the state's Medicaid patients to enroll in HMOs. There is no requirement that the more than...

Prescription heartburn drugs, which have been burning a hole in consumers' wallets for years, could be in for another price break. Patients who take the popular brand-name proton-pump inhibitor known...

Competition in the state's medical malpractice insurance market has intensified, with a Texas company the latest to launch professional medical liability coverage for Illinois physicians. Medicus Insurance Co. of Austin...

Cancer Treatment Centers of America, which has faced regulatory hurdles in some areas of the country where it is trying to expand, has found a friendly environment for its new...

The low participation among women in clinical trials for popular artery-clearing heart stent devices is among the key interests of a study by North Chicago-based drug and medical device-maker Abbott...

Rush North Shore Medical Center in north suburban Skokie is considering several options that include a merger or tapping the debt market as part of a plan to address future...

It's the time of year when hospitals start to send out their annual reports touting their community benefit activities and certain financial information. Among those with much at stake in...