Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

U.S. hospitals are doing a more effective job treating patients for heart attacks, pneumonia and surgical procedures, an independent healthcare accreditation organization said in a report released today.

What do you do when you have just received a serious medial diagnosis and have to decide which hospital to use? In most cases, you'll depend solely on your doctor's recommendation, but you want to be sure you'll get the best care. If you have a few options or you still need to find a specialist,...

Like some 47 million other Americans, Nancy Sowa (pictured) doesn't have health insurance. So when her doctors last year told her she needed a total hip replacement, the office manager for a non-profit did what a growing number of U.S. citizens are doing: She headed abroad. At Wockhardt Hospital in...