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After a series of setbacks throughout the past year, it appears that EHR vendor Allscripts may be looking for a buyer, according to reports from several media outlets.
The nature of a healthcare organization is to help others improve their health, but it would save money and reduce turnover if these organizations also focused on their own employees by promoting healthy living and wellness for them.
While most healthcare organizations are anxious to see what changes to the system healthcare reform will bring, executives at urban and safety-net hospitals are most concerned about the looming Medicare and Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payment cuts and the challenges these cuts will bring.
Maine is often regarded as being behind the rest of the country in a lot of areas, but in August, it found itself experiencing a growing healthcare business trend dubbed "Big Med."
Based on information examined in its Budget Impact Projections report and the National Economic Impact Survey, supply contracting company Novation predicts supply chain costs will increase by 2.9 percent in 2013.
Ascension Health Alliance in St. Louis signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Wednesday with Marion Health System to acquire the system's 36 affiliated hospitals in three regional divisions based out of Tulsa, Okla.
As healthcare providers grapple with the challenge of attracting and retaining patients, one thing has become increasingly clear: It's about location, location, location.
Long-term care pharmacy provider, Omnicare, may have reached a settlement in a whistle-blower lawsuit brought against the company five years ago.
Large hospitals are big consumers of energy. Just how much is the subject of new results from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS).
With healthcare undergoing intense market transformations in payment models, revenue sources and the demands of healthcare innovation, leaders in the field need to focus on actively managing the move to value-based payments and accelerate their planning for these transitions.