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In order for healthcare reform to succeed, more medical students must be encouraged to choose primary medical care specialties, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.

More than four in 10 hospitals stand a good chance of meeting the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's meaningful use criteria in 2011, according to the latest data from HIMSS Analytics.

Students in the Morehouse School of Medicine’s Master of Public Health Program now have the opportunity to respond to public health inquiries for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Contact Center.

Healthcare reform legislation that comes out of Congress will result in payment reforms significantly changing the way hospitals do business.

While Congress works to reconcile the five healthcare reform bills that have been reported out of committees, health economists say they have at least this in common: all imply major changes in healthcare delivery down the road.

eGistics has launched a hosted solution designed to help physician groups, hospitals, clinics and other healthcare providers to electronically manage administrative documents.

Patient outcomes at each of the nation’s 5,000 non-federal hospitals indicate a wide gap in quality between the best hospitals and all others.

At about the same time the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 Tuesday to approve its healthcare reform bill, Medical Group Management Association President and CEO William F. Jessee, MD, took the stage in Denver to tell his audience healthcare reform can't occur without payment reform.

The Senate Finance Committee passed its long-awaited healthcare reform bill Tuesday afternoon by a vote of 14-9.

Thirty-three state think tanks announced on Tuesday an alternative to President Barack Obama's health plan.