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By Mike Miliard | 11:36 am | March 08, 2011
Some of the country's most prominent healthcare systems, including the Geisinger Health System, Intermountain Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, the Mayo Clinic and the Sisters of Mercy Health System, have joined together to adopt GS1 standards for their supply chains.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:50 am | March 08, 2011
PHILADELPHIA - Improving the availability, accuracy and delivery of information in an actionable way is at the heart of the myriad reforms impacting the healthcare industry today, according to an IDC Health Insights analyst.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 09:30 am | March 08, 2011
The Health Industry Group Purchasing Association has called Medtronic's cancellation of some of its largest group purchasing organization contracts "nothing short of an attack on America's hospitals."
By Bernie Monegain | 08:54 am | March 08, 2011
The American Medical Association is calling on the business community to help fight administrative waste in healthcare. A root cause of the $200 billion-a-year problem, says AMA President Cecil B. Wilson, MD, is lack of standardization.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 08:32 am | March 08, 2011
The American Medical Association is calling on the business community to help it fight administrative waste in healthcare. A root cause of the $200 billion a year problem, says AMA President Cecil B. Wilson, MD, is lack of standardization.
By Diana Manos | 11:55 am | March 07, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General wants the federal government to look more closely at the use of Medicare Part D rebates, according to a new report.
By Chris Anderson | 11:43 am | March 07, 2011
Less than six weeks after announcing plans to explore a merger, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare and Tufts Health Plan announced they will not pursue the idea any further.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 11:09 am | March 07, 2011
The Quality Institute of the Ohio Hospital Association and the Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio have launched the Northwest Ohio Hospital Quality Collaborative, designed to bring together hospital administrators, physicians and other clinicians to share best practices to improve patient safety and outcomes.
By Richard Pizzi | 11:08 am | March 07, 2011
Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical staff and support personnel dropped in February, according to The Conference Board's latest report.
By Stephanie Bouchard | 10:36 am | March 07, 2011
Loyola University Chicago and Trinity Health of Novi, Mich., have announced plans to consolidate Trinity and the university’s wholly-owned subsidiary, the Loyola University Health System.