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NEW ORLEANS – The sharing of data is creating more uses for healthcare information, such as research that drives both lower costs and better care. But before data can be used for esot...
Vendor to subsidize free EMRs for docs via ads A vendor of electronic medical records has announced that it will make use of Google’s AdSense program to help sponsor free...
CORAL GABLES, FL – When hurricane season comes calling in a month or so, one Florida hospital system expects to have a cost-effective way of coordinating its telecommunications. Ba...
WASHINGTON – A program that provides financial incentives to hospitals that meet quality of care standards has been financially restructured and extended three years by the Centers for Medicare...
WHEN PEOPLE THINK about what medical care used to be, many have idealized memories of close doctor-patient relationships forged over many years. They remember a doctor who knew the patient’s med...
Upside Software, Inc. of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, a vendor of Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) solutions, has announced that the Chicago-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associat...
Deloitte & Touche, commissioned by the National Governors Association, released a report last week on the current status of healthcare price transparency as seen through various stakeholder perspectiv...
A recent study indicates that employers can save money on healthcare by paying incentives to their employees who maintain healthy lifestyles, and advocates of consumer-directed health plans say the st...
The Leapfrog Group's Hospital Quality and Safety Survey, used to designate top hospitals, has been upgraded to include standards in areas such as transparency reporting and certain billing procedures....
A new bidder apparently has won the war for Triad Hospitals Inc., announcing a bid that totals nearly $7 billion. Community Health Systems Inc., a Franklin, Tenn-bas...