Daily Briefing

Hospital ratings gets lots of buzz in the news, but do you know what factors actually determine how your hospital ranks? The Daily Briefing's Rachel Schulze dove into four of the most popular lists—from U.S. News, Leapfrog, and more—to find out how they work and why they're so controversial. More

Kate Middleton earlier this year helped launch a global program aimed at spreading nursing best practices. Here's how Advisory Board's Marguerite Lucea would get started. More

Kaiser Permanente on Monday announced that it will invest $2 million to launch its own gun violence research initiative, the Task Force on Firearm Injury Prevention, to identify best practices for providers to prevent firearm-related injuries and deaths. More

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Wednesday announced he will not seek re-election in November, raising questions about whether Congress will achieve his long-sought goal to overhaul federal entitlement programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid. More

CVS Health is introducing a new tool, called the "Rx Savings Finder," that will enable pharmacists and customers to better compare drug prices at the pharmacy counter, in an effort to both save customers money on prescriptions and increase drug price transparency. More

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is developing artificial intelligence tools to proactively identify and remove posts on the website involving illegal opioid sales. More

Thirty-day readmission rates may not accurately capture hospitals' care quality, study suggests; what you need to know about the next wave of health care reform; and more. More

The Louisville Health Department has lowered the price of the hepatitis A vaccine from $65 to $25 as the city fights an outbreak of the infection, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Arizona, Florida, Kentucky, and Tennessee. More