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The current healthcare system is a "graveyard," says Paul Grundy, MD, president of the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, but he has a roadmap that will take the country to the promised land.
Health Care REIT, Inc., a real estate investment trust based in Toledo, Ohio, has completed the formation of an $890 million partnership with Benchmark Senior Living, which was previously announced on February 15, 2011.
Rural/Metro Corporation, a national provider of ambulance and private fire protection services in 20 states, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by the global private equity firm Warburg Pincus in an all-cash transaction.
When the National Resident Matching Program announced earlier this month that for two years running the number of U.S. medical student seniors who will train as family medicine residents rose, the clamor began: Does this indicate a trend? Will the worries about a shortage of primary care physicians be dispelled?
Thomson Reuters has released its annual study identifying the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on their overall organizational performance in 10 key areas.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued a health IT strategic plan for 2011 through 2015 for public review on Friday afternoon, and already comments are beginning to flow via online posts, where ONC is taking comments through April 22.
A new study by the Rand Corporation indicates people on high-deductible health plans significantly reduce their healthcare spending - but they're also cutting back on preventive care.
Sts. Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, in Louisville, Ky., has signed a deal to outsource management of its 16-year-old hospitalist program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is reminding healthcare providers that attestation for the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program begins on April 18.
Affiliated Computer Services of Dallas, a subsidiary of Xerox, has announced plans to acquire CredenceHealth, a Nashville, Tenn.-based provider of software that captures and analyzes patient data to assist healthcare providers and health plans in improving quality of care and compliance with meaningful use regulations.