Fred Bazzoli
CHICAGO – The Federal Communications Commission is joining the healthcare networking fray, announcing a plan last month to create a pilot program to deploy broadband health networks....
OAKLAND, CA – A new coalition of organizations is hoping to use its collective influence to encourage providers to create healthier hospital environments....
CHICAGO – Despite broad-based efforts to encourage physicians to use health information technology and electronic prescribing, IT’s penetration among physicians remains woeful. Costs a...
WASHINGTON – Laws that require employers to provide health insurance to employees are likely to reduce employment for low-wage workers, according to a study. Small busine...
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issuing a final rule calling for a 10.1 percent reduction in payment rates. The new rule was met with disdain from physic...
WASHINGTON – Contributions to healthcare organizations increased to nearly $8 billion in 2006, but that growth in giving didn't equal the amount of growth the previous year. Accord...
THE GOOGLE PHONE SAGA has turned into an interesting news story. In reading it, I suddenly began wondering if there was a lesson to be found there for the healthcare industry. OK, maybe it’s...
DURHAM, NC – Duke University Health System is using a new patient portal to improve customer service and help patients keep up with financial balances and pay bills. As of Septembe...
CHICAGO – A coalition of providers, suppliers, group purchasing organizations and others has endorsed standards for organizational and product identifiers intended to facilitate supply ord...
CHICAGO – Despite broad-based efforts to encourage physicians to use health information technology and electronic prescribing, penetration among physicians of IT remains woeful, and the chief ba...