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Respected around the country as an instructor and researcher, Julie Freischlag, MD, is also one of the country's leading women surgeons.
Near-term demand for healthcare workers is the strongest in San Francisco, Riverside/San Bernardino, Calif., and Denver, says Health Workforce Solutions LLC's Labor Market Pulse Index released today for Q1 2012.
In Texas, where everything seems larger than life, the need for health IT workers is big, according to the Department of Health Information Management at the Texas State University-San Marcos.
Maine is gearing up for a statewide survey of doctors that will measure patients' experience of care and provide the state and its healthcare industry with important metrics.
Amistad, a non-profit corporation that provides peer support to individuals with serious life challenges in Portland, Maine, has launched a new program to provide alternative solutions for those who frequently use the emergency department for psychiatric crisis.
Building on the success of its patient-centered medical home (PCMH) program with primary care physicians, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City announced it has inked a deal with St. Luke's Health System, the first under its new hospital-focused Collaborative Value Program.
CGI Federal Inc. has released a new version of the CONNECT Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) Exchange gateway, seeking to make it easier for organizations to deploy, use and maintain the open-source technology and support more widespread adoption.
The nullification of the 2010 healthcare law currently under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court would be a credit negative for for-profit hospital operators, according to Moody's Investors Service.
A veteran of the speaker circuit, Maureen Bisognano is a vocal supporter of the Triple Aim. She has spent nearly two decades at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, where she is currently the president and CEO.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder highlighted Wednesday the Obama Administration's efforts to prevent Medicare fraud, through the Affordable Care Act and the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT).