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PROVIDENCE, RI – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s “Quality Counts” program to support physician adoption of electronic health record systems will begin monitoring...
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS and other groups are calling for change to a bill that would establish a demonstration project to measure the ability of patient-centered medical homes to...
THE PARTY MAY BE OVER, but the good times will continue in healthcare, financial analysts say. After a 2007 that saw capital funds flow into healthcare, sources believe this year will...
SEATTLE – Improving processes has accomplished more than just making life easier at Seattle Children’s Hospital. It has put money in the bank. More than that, it has improved th...
OTTAWA – Spotwave Wireless, a six-year-old Canadian startup whose technology sought to improve cellphone reception inside large buildings, has been placed into receivership after using up an est...
New Jersey needs to better monitor hospitals' financial conditions and may have to play a more active role in ensuring that essential facilities can survive financially. A report,...
TWO HEALTHCARE IT GIANTS have announced a strategic alliance to help state governments with their Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS). Ingenix, based in Eden Prairie, Minn., is j...
STAMFORD, CN – Cost issues, affecting both patients and their practices, are buffeting physicians’ perceptions of the practice of medicine. A recently released survey by Thom...
A state senate committee soundly defeated a move to advance a proposal for healthcare reform to the state's senate for a full vote. The Senate Health Committee voted 10-1 to halt the progre...
SALT LAKE CITY – Officials at AdvancedMD, which provides practice management and medical billing software for physicians, figure they’ve doubled in size and profits each year for the past...