North Carolina will transition its Medicaid program to five managed care plans in 2019, a model that's been in place for years in innovator states like Tennessee and Ohio. So as the state manages this change, what can they learn from the states that have been down the path before?

In June, the Centers for Disease Control issued new guidelines about the vaccination for a variety of conditions, among them the pneumococcal vaccine.

As many as 650,000 people die around the world each year due to the seasonal influenza virus. That’s roughly as many people that would fit in 10 NFL football stadiums on game day.

Modernizing health records by making them electronic has gained momentum as technology evolves and policies push health care toward digital solutions. But the same trend has not been evident for physicians who remain in private practice, new research finds.

  New research published in July's issue of Health Affairs finds wide variability in nurse staffing at U.S. nursing homes.

  (The following was originally published by the VUMC Communications Office.)