Healthcare IT News, an online industry publication, recently recognized the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System recent segue to enhanced electronic record (EHR) storage by naming U. of I. Health to its “Best Hospital IT Department” list.

In an effort to support the estimated 30 million Americans facing rare diseases, the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) recently launched a new awareness effort challenging people to pledge dollars for walking, running or biking 7,000 miles throughout the month of February.

With three major strains of influenza currently putting a strain on public health facilities in Chicago and statewide, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health) has requested that individuals with symptoms of the illness refrain from visiting the hospital.

Dr. Hal Skopicki, a specialist in advanced cardiac disease, has been appointed as chief of cardiology and deputy director of operations at the Stony Brook University Heart Institute in New York.

Early retirees and certain self-employed individuals buying insurance on Affordable Care Act exchanges, particularly those managed federally, are hurting the most as they face increased premiums without benefiting from subsidies, including tax credits.

University of California San Francisco President Janet Napolitano headlined the Jan. 11 UCSF medical school leadership retreat and participating in a roundtable discussion with the medical school's dean Talmadge E. King Jr.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently chose the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center as a designated Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organization (ACO), rendering it eligible to serve Medicare patients with fee-for-service care, the medical center said in a release.

Thanks to cows, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said there may be a potential treatment for Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) after research demonstrated its safety and tolerability in clinical trial volunteers.

The future of gene therapy has arrived after three decades of attempts to harness the modality, a National Institutes of Health release said.

Researchers with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have completed a study that indicates women with moderate iodine deficiency may have a reduced chance of becoming pregnant compared to women with normal iodine levels.

A recent study by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers indicates that a short-term pause in HIV treatment, known as analytical treatment interruption (ATI), does not effect the HIV reservoir or damage the patient's immune system.

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) recently tapped veterinary pathologist, cardiovascular toxicology expert and U.S Air Force veteran Brian Berridge as its new associate director.

Researchers at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) recently isolated and identified the physical makeup of DHHC enzymes (palmitoyltransferases), which alter other proteins by connecting them to lipid (fatty acid) chains of assorted lengths, a modification known as palmitoylation that has the capacity to alter target protein characteristics.

Raising awareness of correlations between homelessness and chronic medical conditions while supporting the community, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health) in Chicago is advancing a program called Better Health Through Housing in a local outreach effort.

A recent study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) indicates that alcohol-related visits to emergency rooms in the U.S. increased by almost 50 percent from 2006 to 2014.

Researchers with the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) recently found genetic variations which may be indicators of those who are at risk for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

As a step toward equalizing health care accessibility, the University of Florida Diabetes Institute in conjunction with Stanford University will apply a $1.6 million grant to identifying tactics for reaching underserved Type 1 diabetes patients, a UF Health release said.

With one-third of U.S. adults deemed clinically obese, researchers at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) recently revealed results of a study to pinpoint precise markers for those at greater risk for developing diabetes.