The shortage of primary care doctors is a national problem. To cope, a large health system in Massachusetts is using an AI ...

Full-time caregiving is an around-the-clock job, but respite care can give live-in caregivers a short-term break. Caregivers are often managing caring for a loved one with work, other family ...

Across the United States, parents are quietly making a calculation that would have been unthinkable a generation ago: whether ...

Hospice care teams provide people with comfortable care if they have a life-limiting illness. If a disease has no cure, hospice care becomes a care option. When people face the end of their lives, the ...

Hospice care is a multilevel end-of-life care system that aims to manage symptoms and improve the quality of life for someone with a terminal illness. There are four levels of hospice care, each ...

Americans already spend more on health care than the citizens of any other country. That gap is projected to widen, with health care spending expected to consume almost 20 percent of gross domestic ...

Staying healthy is more than just going to the doctor when you’re sick. It’s about having a health care team that not only addresses your concerns and illnesses but also takes a proactive approach to ...

Few factors bear as heavily on the well-being of any state’s citizens as their overall health. In evaluating the best states for health care – one of eight categories driving the overall Best States ...