Capital Finance
The Department of Health and Human Services will provide competitive funding for states to design and implement the information technology infrastructure needed to operate health insurance exchanges.
Subsidiaries of long-term care giant Kindred Healthcare have signed an agreement to acquire Signature Health Services, LLC, a home health company in Ohio.
The Cardinal Health Foundation of Dublin, Ohio, has announced a call for entries for its E3 Grant Program, offering more than $1 million in grant funding to help U.S. hospitals, health systems and community Health clinics improve the efficiency and quality of care.
McKesson has bolstered its cancer care platform with the purchase of US Oncology, a Woodlands, Texas-based developer of clinical tools, guidelines and care pathways for doctors and others in the field of cancer-related healthcare.
The Johns Hopkins Health System is acquiring Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., a move designed to boost the Baltimore-based health system's exposure in the nation's capital and give Sibley some much-needed resources and financial stability.
After a period of capital budget cuts and spending freezes, hospitals may be seeing a thaw in capital expenditures.
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Peter Christensen Health Center, part of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation in north-central Wisconsin, has seen a 35 percent jump in revenue over five years, thanks in part to its EHR and billing system.
The Dinwiddie Nursing & Rehabilitation Center recently became the first healthcare facility in Virginia to embrace clean energy technology with the addition of a solar energy system.
One in three healthcare practices expects to increase IT spending by more than 5 percent over the next year, according to CompTIA. Purchases will range from core IT products to mobile devices and consumer electronics.