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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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical staff and support personnel dropped in February, according to The Conference Board's latest report.
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.