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By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 25, 2008
DUBLIN, OH – Many hospitals struggle to implement information technology – to gain clinician buy-in, retrofit infrastructure and thoroughly retrain staff.Not a problem at Dublin Methodist...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 25, 2008
WASHINGTON – A report issued last month by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services is calling on the agency to require that physician-owned special...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 25, 2008
ROCHESTER, MN – Two major forces in healthcare – one well-known for clinical innovation and the other a significant healthcare IT vendor – are joining to pursue medical imaging resea...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 25, 2008
LONDON – After years of predicting that healthcare organizations would begin buying electronic health records, that time has apparently come. Spending on complex clinical information...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | January 25, 2008
WASHINGTON – Two national associations are raising concerns about the second phase of a competitive bidding program to be implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services....
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | January 25, 2008
Health centers can meet standards, study says Community health centers can adopt national performance standards and improve their quality of care. Results of a recent study concluded th...
By Chip Means | 01:00 am | January 24, 2008
Amid worsening national economic conditions, the middle ground has never seemed further away for advocates of expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program. P...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | January 24, 2008
An analysis of the California healthcare reform proposal being considered by the state shows that expenses will outstrip premium revenue and that the plan could pose other fiscal risks and uncertainti...
By Chelsey Ledue | 01:00 am | January 24, 2008
WorldDoc has integrated its online health assessment and prevention tools with MphasiS Healthcare Solutions' WEBeci online self-service solution. The cooperation is designed to enable both companies t...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | January 24, 2008
The House Committee on Small Business heard testimony Wednesday on the variety of challenges faced by small businesses in making healthcare affordable. According to a rec...