In museums around the United States, visitors can find works by masters like Picasso and Monet. Art can play an important role in hospitals and other medical settings, too. And for many, the big name is Domke, a man who’s the source of thousands of images seen in America’s hospitals.

First seen as a problem mainly confined to hospitals and nursing homes, research suggests C. diff rates in the community are on the rise, and that traditional risk factors may no longer tell the whole story.

A new Illinois law will require hospitals to ensure that sexual assault victims receive timely treatment from someone trained to examine them.

llinois hospitals are one step closer to saving a program that generates a lot of money used to treat low-income patients. State lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a plan on Wednesday that revamps the so-called hospital assessment program.  

For the nearly 700 rural hospitals in the United States on the brink of financial collapse, relatively small amounts of money can be the difference between life and death. There are many variables that can strengthen their chances of survival.