On May 18 and on May 19, the Mississippi Hospital Association will host a FREE one-day Joint Commission Emergency Standards Base Camp.  

In a state that ranks last in overall healthcare, politicians and doctors in Mississippi are implementing programs to handle a physician deficit.

Forrest General Hospital is the 1st hospital in south Mississippi to deploy Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots to destroy germs and bacteria.

If human health is a puzzle to be solved, then Dr. Mario Sims is putting the pieces together as the new chief science officer of the Jackson Heart Study. 

Congratulations to Sara Elizabeth Stockton at Magnolia Regional Health Center and LaFarra Young-Gaylor, M.D. at King’s Daughters Medical Center for being named to this year’s Top 50 Under 40.

High-quality hospitals can make better use of social media tools, like Yelp, to boost their ability to compete and attract market share, according to a new report. The new paper by the Manhattan Institute examines the correlation between Yelp reviews of New York state hospitals and objective measures of hospital quality.

American Telemedicine Association survey data shows that 98% of respondents believe telehealth services create a competitive advantage.

A coalition of six physicians’ groups sent a letter Wednesday to Congress critical of the latest version of the American Health Care Act, which would give states the option of scaling back essential health benefits such as mental health coverage.

The support of the House Freedom Caucus breathed new life into efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act, but it was not clear whether it was enough.

Support from House conservatives and outside groups could fuel the proposal’s momentum.

Backing away from a threat to end subsidy payments under the Affordable Care Act, along with the withdrawal of a request for funding a border wall, eases chances that the government will shut down this weekend.

Democrats jumped on the move.

House Republicans are moving closer to agreement on a health-care overhaul but now face the task of persuading centrists in the party to agree to provisions that could raise costs for many people with pre-existing conditions.