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By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | September 05, 2008
Construction has begun on a $300 million hospital at the Long-Island Jewish Medical Center campus in Queens, NY, which will focus on women's healthcare services.Katz Women's Hospital will be...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | September 05, 2008
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded $7 million in grants to 58 schools of nursing, in an effort to ease the nation's nursing shortage.The grants were awarded through the RWJF's New...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | September 04, 2008
A survey released Thursday finds that annual health benefit cost growth will ease in 2009. Mercer, a global financial advisor and wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, In...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | September 03, 2008
MetroSouth Medical Center - the new name for St. Francis Hospital & Health Center, which was acquired in July by MSMC Investors - will deploy a surgical information system at its hospital in Blue...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | September 02, 2008
Humana, Inc. has completed a $14 million acquisition of West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Metcare Health Plans, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Metropolitan Health Networks.MHP offers a Medicare...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | September 02, 2008
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Indiana is piloting an ER initiative program aimed at reducing emergency room visits. The program is an effort to help ensure that Hoosier Healthwise, a h...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 29, 2008
Dallas-based Healthvision Solutions, Inc. has completed the acquisition of MediSoution's Healthcare Information Systems division.The acquisition included the Montreal-based company's revenue...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 28, 2008
According to the Maryland Hospital Association the hospital workforce shortage has continued to persist in the state of Maryland, particularly for nursing.The MHA's annual survey revealed tha...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 27, 2008
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has developed a new guide to help technology innovators navigate Medicare coverage, coding and payment requirements. The guide called the &quo...
By Molly Merrill | 01:00 am | August 26, 2008
CHICAGO – According to the latest survey by Aon Consulting, employers will face a 10.6 percent increase in healthcare costs. Aon Consulting Worldwide, a global human capital consulting...