Rene Letourneau
Health policy institute NEHI today identified 11 emerging technologies that have the potential to improve care and lower costs for chronic disease patients, especially those in at-risk populations.
With a changing medical model that is moving from treating the sick to helping people stay fit, wellness centers have become a component of the real estate strategies for some health systems, hospital executives told an audience of healthcare real estate professionals at THE Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International's Medical Office Building conference in Atlanta in early May.
By 2020, sales of new vaccines that do not currently exist on the market may hit $24.8 billion, predicted market research firm Kalorama Information in a recent report.
The $1.25 billion sale of the Thomson Reuters Healthcare business to an affiliate of Veritas Capital was completed Wednesday. The new company will be knows as Truven Health Analytics.
The obesity epidemic in the U.S. will eventually bankrupt the nation if left unchecked, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center, which held a webcast Tuesday to outline its recommendations for curbing the crisis.
Universal Health Services, Inc., one of the nation's largest hospital companies, announced Monday that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Ascend Health Corporation for $500 million in cash.
Healthcare spending in the United States is expected to grow at a historically low rate of 7.5 percent next year, according to the annual "Behind the Numbers" report on medical cost trends, published Thursday by the Health Research Institute (HRI) of PwC U.S.
Job growth in healthcare continued to be the trend in May, with the sector adding 33,000 jobs, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced last week the appointment of five new members and the reappointment of one existing member to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). The official announcement will be published in the Federal Register.
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday to increase user fees paid by pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers looking to bring new products to the market. The bill passed easily by a vote of 387-5.