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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...
It was an interesting experience to be a healthcare “insider” in a room full of people trying to figure out how they can fit into the healthcare industry. Maybe “inside...
MARIETTA, GA – An initiative of the Medical Banking Project aims to develop a common medical banking platform in the next year to support a growing range of healthcare financial transactions....
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...
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...
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....