Two leading health systems are taking markedly different approaches to cutting clinical variation, which can hinder care quality and drive up costs when left unchecked. Variation in clinical care ...

A new study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation (WHO) calls for urgent action to limit plastic waste in these essential diagnostic tools. Researchers from Heriot-Watt University ...

The public stands to benefit from a medical system that opens up to foreign professionals without compromising the standards of healthcare services. Ivy Ip says art therapy classes at the Hong ...

Econix is the small family business that has been making a big impact on the clinical waste arena since 2004 by marketing ...

It claimed the programme is a waste of time and money, leading to needless mastectomies for benign lumps and aggressive treatment such as radiotherapy which may do as much harm as good.

Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” reached $10 billion last year. A leading seller made a large donation to President Trump’s election campaign. By Sarah Kliff and Katie Thomas Sarah ...

Godley High School health science practicum classes helped choose a new name for a Bronch robot used in lung biopsy procedures by Texas Health Resources. The Texas Health robotic system ...

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If policymakers genuinely want to address health care waste, Medicaid is the wrong target. U.S. health care costs are largely driven by inflated, non-transparent pricing and corporate profit-taking.

The CPM secretary urged authorities to take decisive steps to dismantle the chicken waste mafia and safeguard public health in Visakhapatnam district.

The New York Times wants to better understand what fraud, waste and abuse looks like in today’s health care system. Are there other instances of wasteful spending we should be investigating?