Bernie Monegain

How to bring down the costs of the country's $2.4 trillion healthcare system and make care affordable for all Americans dominated the discussion Tuesday as the Senate Finance Committee convened for a hearing on how best to fix a broken system.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released a new report, "Hard Times in the Heartland: Health Care in Rural America."

IBM announced on Thursday it would add a financing component to its efforts to develop smart technology solutions - including healthcare applications - tied to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Two hours after the Senate voted 65-31 to confirm her as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday, Kathleen Sebelius was sworn in. The brief ceremony occurred in the Oval Office at 8:02 p.m.

Most hospitals fail to achieve quality and cost effectiveness standards set by The Leapfrog Group, according to a survey Leapfrog released Wednesday.

The CEO of Tufts Health Plan, who is the grandson of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a member of President Obama’s transition team, is urging universal healthcare.

Radiology and medical imaging company AMICAS, Inc., has entered into a merger agreement with rival Emageon Inc. The two companies announced Monday AMICAS plans to acquire Emageon in a $39 million deal.

Mary Wakefield, director of the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota, will take the reins at the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Insurance reforms are at the heart of a new Commonwealth Fund study that claims the changes could slow the growth of health spending by $3 trillion by the end of the next decade.

The global hospital information systems market will climb past $35 billion by 2015, according to a new forecast by Global Industry Analysts. The United States represents the largest market in the world.