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The Leapfrog Group has identified the "Highest Value" hospitals in the United States based on a review of over 1,220 hospitals participating in the annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey.T...
In the midst of an economic crisis, rising healthcare costs are causing workers to reduce spending on medical care, according to a survey by Watson Wyatt, a global consulting firm.According to the...
Low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals and physicians lead to significantly higher health insurance costs for consumers and employers, according to a study released by Milliman, Inc....
At a news conference Thursday, President-elect Barack Obama formally nominated former Senator Tom Daschle to be the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. He also announced tha...
Cooper University Hospital is opening a new $220 million patient pavilion on its Camden (N.J.) Health Sciences Campus. It is the hospital's largest construction expansion in more than 30 years....
With more than 90 percent of all RNs women, and the nursing shortage continuing, hospitals and other healthcare settings need to develop innovative strategies to retain the older RN workforce, said Pe...
Overall medical and pharmacy costs for people with diabetes can be lowered by more than 10 percent per year if individuals receive regular, non-surgical periodontal services, according to a recent Uni...
A recent survey by the Travel Nurse Source say the travel nursing industry is "a pretty stable place to be, especially in today's financial climate". "Travel nursing has always...
A new study finds that physicians who use an e-prescribing system with formulary decision support can boost drug cost savings.The report was funded by the Department of Health and Human Servi...
Among a large list of fraud and corruption alleg...