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By Chip Means | 01:00 am | September 20, 2007
EASTLAKE, OH – Healthcare imaging facilities should ditch their costly film processing systems, according to the vendor of a new Web-based picture archiving and communication system....
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | September 20, 2007
SPRINGFIELD, PA – Hospitals are continuing to look for ways to improve supply purchasing, and they’re beginning to rely more heavily on analytic services provided by group purchasing organ...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | September 20, 2007
Premiums increase at slowest pace in eight years Health insurance premiums have increased at the slowest pace in eight years, according to a new report published by the Kaiser Famil...
By Patty Enrado | 01:00 am | September 20, 2007
NEW ROCHELLE, NY – New York’s Westchester County Department of Health is ditching an eight-page, paper-based application that residents have filled out to enroll for public health...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | September 20, 2007
LOUISVILLE, KY – Humana’s launch of a new portfolio of individual health insurance plans in four states under its HumanaOne brand is the most recent announcement by payers targeting the in...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | September 20, 2007
House issues bill to speed up Part D payments Community pharmacies have been plagued with slow and low reimbursement under Medicare Part D, according to sponsors of legislation to spe...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | September 19, 2007
ANDOVER, MA – For healthcare providers burdened with IT expenses and looking for an economical SSO solution, Sentillion has an answer: A shot of ExpreSSO. “We’ve create...
By Diana Manos | 01:00 am | September 19, 2007
Peter Arnold, 67, is a stroke survivor from Chicago. He is disabled and suffers from seizures. On Aug. 14, Arnold wrote his Congressman and other federal leaders, hoping to bring to their attention th...
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 01:00 am | September 19, 2007
Hospitals fall short on preventing infectionsEighty-seven percent of U.S. hospitals do not comply with recommended steps for preventing infections, according to a new study by the Leapfrog...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | September 19, 2007
LONDON – A report by independent market analyst Datamonitor predicts the home telehealth market will grow at a five-year compound annual rate of 56 percent, compared to only 9.9 percent growth i...