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Workforce management firm API Healthcare announced Wednesday that it has acquired Concerro, a provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) staffing and scheduling systems such as online scheduling, open shift management, patient acuity and emergency preparedness solutions for healthcare.
The Department of Health and Human Services granted more than $40 million to fund the Strong Start initiative aimed at reducing the number of preterm births in America, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Thursday.
The eHealth Initiative (eHI) issued a report on Thursday, providing health IT recommendations to support accountable care organizations.
Virginia's hospitals and health systems provided more than $2.2 billion in community support, accounted for $27.7 billion in economic activity and employed 129,000 individuals in the Commonwealth in 2010, according to a statewide report recently released by the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association.
As the pressure on independent practices has increased, many physicians have left their private practices to become employed in hospitals and health system settings. For those fighting to stay independent but who need some support, there are practice management companies.
U.S. healthcare spending was up 3.9 percent in 2010, just slightly more than the 3.8 percent growth seen in 2009, according to numbers released in January by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
West Penn Allegheny Health System recorded a loss of $52 million in its 2011 fiscal year - an amount that would have been nearly double had it not received $50 million from health insurer Highmark on June 28, just two days before closing its books for the year
The number of young people entering the nursing profession is surging, providing relief from the recent nursing shortage, according to an article in the December issue of Health Affairs.
With the flip of the calendar to 2012, the ICD-10 implementation deadline of Oct. 1, 2013, suddenly appears very closer.
Steven Chyung, vice president of supply chain management for Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System, spoke recently with Healthcare Finance News Contributing Writer Betsy Caron about what he expects to be the major supply chain management trends in 2012.