Healthcare

State numbers show females have led males in college enrollment for more than a decade. Earlier this year, Governor Gretchen Whitmer directed the state to work on closing the education gap.

One of the most serious findings in the report from the state auditor general was that 60% of observed calls from providers to the program’s call center went unanswered.

Calling themselves the Rural Health Group, the four friends started interviewing emergency medical service agencies and plan to develop a guidebook detailing available resources, including ones that provide non-emergency medical transportation.

The program will involve new trainings focused on cultural change, workplace stress, and burnout.

For at least the next dozen years, rural areas will continue to have only about two-thirds of the primary care physicians they need, according to a report released Monday.

Only 21.5% of recorded Michigan hospitals received an "A" grading in The Leapfrog Group's fall rankings.

A pivotal battle over drug affordability is unfolding in Michigan's highest court, where attorneys are clashing over the scope of a consumer protection law and its application to Eli Lilly's insulin business, with the outcome likely to resonate throughout the healthcare sector.

Michigan’s individual plans on HealthCare.gov will go up 20.2% on average. Small businesses compliant with ‘Obamacare’ regulation will see an 11.1% bump.

All Kids Thrive in Traverse City, launched the quality of life survey this past summer to help connect healthcare services to families who live in rural northern Michigan.

HIPAA protects patient privacy by limiting how medical information is shared. But the story of a Michigan mom caring for her adult son shows how these rules sometimes create barriers to necessary care.