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Contributed By William C. McGinly SPENDING ON HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION in the U.S. is expected to grow to $20 billion annually by 2010 to replace aging infrastructure and accommodate new te...
PHILADELPHIA – When Keystone Mercy Health Plan deployed its EHR pilot to a group of providers and hospital systems with high-volume emergency departments, it wanted to reduce redundant testing a...
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY is being touted as a cost-saving solution in healthcare. Three years ago, President Bush put forward the challenge for everyone to have an electronic health record by 2014 to...
BLOOMSFIELD, CT – Cigna HealthCare is deploying SAS business intelligence so its informatics group can provide in-depth analysis and reporting to its customers, consultants and brokers....
WASHINGTON – Both the public and private sectors took steps last month to test the concept that keeping employees healthy will save money on healthcare. In Washington, two...
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS are heating up along with the summer weather and healthcare is definitely invited to the garden party. But, experts say, this doesn’t mean healthcare will necessarily...
PORTLAND, ME – Maine physicians stand to lose about $27 million in Medicare reimbursements by 2016 – a relatively low figure compared to the losses pending in other states. New York, for i...
Despite PHR availability, few consumers use them Even as insurers increasingly make plans to offer personal health records for their customers, very few Americans use the technology or...
LOS ANGELES – Provider credentialing – a constant, tedious and expensive task for hospitals and other entities in the healthcare system – is getting renewed attention....
WASHINGTON – Medicare officials announced on July 2 a new effort to combat fraudulent billing in two areas of the country where bilking the public program seems to be prevalent....