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Healthcare promises to be a huge campaign issue in the 2008 election, political advisors for both major parties say. But well before then, President Bush wants to leave a positive legacy, callin...

Contributed by Andy Draper, senior vice president of business development and strategy for Bluegate Corp., a Houston-based provider of healthcare IT solutions. As a result of the Sta...

WASHINGTON – Healthcare spending in 2005 slowed for the third consecutive year and is growing at a rate that’s comparable with the rest of the economy, the Centers for Medicare and Medicai...

RALEIGH, NC – The Center for Community Health Leadership, an initiative sponsored by Misys Healthcare Systems, has selected the city of Greater New Haven, Conn. as the first recipient of a grant...

PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA – A recent study by a technology research organization concludes that asset tracking systems have yet to prove they can provide a return on investment for hospitals....

ROCHESTER, NY – The Eastman Kodak Company has announced the sale of its healthcare group to Toronto-baseda Onex Healthcare Holdings Inc. in a deal initially valued at $2.35 billion. Pendin...

NOVI, MI – Consolidation among health plans took a step forward in the competitive Michigan market last month with the announcement of the sale of a small health plan to a larger, provider-based...

Efforts to provide health coverage for uninsured children eligible for Medicaid are being complicated by a proof of citizenship provision in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, according to an annual s...

Children’s hospitals ask Congress to save SCHIP Last month, 35 regional coalitions led by children’s hospitals, Catholic hospitals and other healthcare organizations c...

WASHINGTON – The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has launched the Ambulatory Safety and Quality Grant Initiative, with a potential for granting as much as $25.8 million for healthcare...