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A new study by two Harvard researchers has found that taxing job-based health benefits would heavily penalize insured, working families.

A five-year ongoing study involving 10 large physician practices across the country has so far shown improved quality of care for chronic disease patients from the use of health information technology.

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) released a white paper Wednesday on how physician practices can evaluate safety within their office setting.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Northwest Health Foundation have awarded 10 new grants to begin the fourth phase of Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future, a national initiative to help address the long-term shortage of nurses in the U.S.

A majority of Americans continue to favor healthcare reform despite advertisements and a volatile political climate, according to the August Kaiser Health tracking poll.

Family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance increased 119 percent between 1999 and 2008 and could increase another 94 percent to an average $23,842 per family by 2020, according to a Commonwealth Fund report.

Healthcare executives Nancy Howell Agee and R. Timothy Rice have been appointed by the American Hospital Association to The Joint Commission's Board of Commissioners for three-year terms beginning January 2010.

A new study finds that by February 2008, 45 percent of U.S. hospitals had adopted "smoke-free campus" policies, meaning that all the property owned or leased by the hospital, both indoors and outdoors, was smoke-free and there were no designated smoking areas on those properties.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $17 million community facilities guaranteed loan to Community Memorial Healthcare, Inc., of Marysville, Kan., to construct a 25-bed critical access hospital.

Even while Congress is on summer recess until after Labor Day, the debate over a public health option continues.