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By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 10, 2008
Employment at the nation's hospitals rose 0.22 percent in October to a seasonally adjusted 4,686,500 people, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week.Employment at hospitals grew 10,...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | November 10, 2008
The current economy is projected to have a negative impact on imaging sales.This according to Millennium Research Group's "US Markets for Diagnostic Imaging Systems 2009" report and it...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | November 10, 2008
Infotech Global, Inc., a Piscataway, N.J.-based bio-informatics technology firm whose ORBIT portfolio includes payer, member and provider portals, wellness management, electronic data capture a...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton, Va., recently opened an expanded emergency department, the last step in a $60 million project that featured renovations to 95 percent of the facility.The Richm...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
Key Congressional leaders say they are "ready to roll" on passing healthcare reform legislation early next year.At a Thursday briefing hosted by Families USA, Michael Myers, on staf...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
The Minnesota branch of the Mayo Clinic is closing its clinical trials unit and immediately cutting 30 jobs.Mayo officials announced they would close the 100-person Mayo Clinical Trial Servic...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
Express Scripts, a St. Louis-based provider of pharmacy benefit management services, has notified the FBI of an apparent extortion attempt possibly involving millions of patient records.Compa...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
athenahealth, which focuses on helping physician practices handle the business side of the house, has recorded a 35 percent increase in revenue for the third quarter.Total revenue for the thr...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has granted the state of Minnesota a waiver that will ensure 18,000 parents remain eligible for MinnesotaCare health insurance. The state will receive...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 06, 2008
Charleston Memorial Hospital in Charleston, S.C. will close in the coming months, with most of its functions being absorbed by the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital.Patrick Cawley...