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The Health IT Policy Committee, a federal advisory panel, is wrestling with competing visions of how bold to make measures for the next stage of meaningful use of electronic health records.

President Barack Obama on Wednesday outlined his plan for reducing the federal deficit and cutting Medicare costs. Unlike the GOP plan, his plan would "use a scalpel, not the machete," he said.

After two decades of critical nurse and physician shortages, an economic climate of high unemployment would seem to be the antidote for the healthcare sector.

Employers with self-funded health plans have a common enemy: The emergency room.

Much attention is paid to the transformative potential for clinical IT to improve care and increase patient safety. But non-clinical technology is just as important.

Using a credit card scanner in a hospital is great for buying flowers from the gift shop or lunch in the cafeteria, but it isn’t as easy when used to pay bills.

The community pharmacy may be an enduring and endearing image of rural America, offering everything from prescription medications to milk to sunglasses, but its ability to handle the complex needs of a residential home or senior housing complex leaves something to be desired.

In the current healthcare environment, hospitals need to capture every dollar from their payers, and as quickly as possible.

Six health plans -Aetna, CDPHP, the Hudson Health Plan, MVP Health Care, UnitedHealthcare and Empire BlueCross Blue Shield - have provided $1.5 million in incentive payments to 236 separate primary care physicians in 11 practices in New York that have achieved patient-centered medical home recognition by the NCQA.

A two-year-old patient-centered medical home pilot spearheaded by physician-directed health plan CDPHP has resulted in major declines in the growth of the cost of care and improved outcomes at the three participating primary care practices.