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By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | October 08, 2008
Despite efforts to draw more people into nursing programs, the ongoing nursing shortage is only going to get worse, according to an industry expert.With demand for healthcare services continu...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | October 08, 2008
Sens. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) have released a discussion draft of legislation that would provide for greater dis...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | October 07, 2008
When it comes to tracking down unlicensed copies of the company's eFilm Workstation software, Merge Healthcare is choosing compassion over court action.Officials of the Milwaukee-based develo...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | October 07, 2008
Through a new preferred business affiliate agreement, Cielo MedSolutions' customers will have access to TransforMED's practice transformation services and TransforMED will encourage medical practices...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | October 07, 2008
A Manhattan-based radiology clinic is touting a 40 percent cut in accounts receivable days as a result of going paperless.Lenox Hill Radiology, which opened in 1988, is also celebrating busin...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 07, 2008
With the first phase of Medicare's mandate for e-prescribing rolling out in January, healthcare IT leaders, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt, gathered Tuesday in Boston to ju...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | October 07, 2008
The Massachusetts Hospital Association has released a  first-of-its-kind scorecard on health plans' administrative practices serving hospitals in the state. Among the headaches reported, coding r...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | October 06, 2008
GLENWOOD, MN – A name change and the acquisition of a Texas-based software company have officials at Dairyland Healthcare Solutions thinking big while hoping to keep their rural roots.O...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 06, 2008
Hospitals that successfully battle infection and save money in the process rely heavily on technology, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.The GAO research, ti...
By Bernie Monegain | 01:00 am | October 06, 2008
LONDON  - Financial analysts who track healthcare technology companies Misys and Allscripts say Misys should have no problem obtaining the $305 million it needs to complete the planned merger wit...