Rene Letourneau
Four common infections seen in healthcare facilities declined in 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
Consulting firm TransUnion announced Tuesday it has acquired Denver-based Financial Healthcare Systems, provider of the real-time payment estimation tool ClearQuote.
Health Workforce Solutions announced today its third quarter 2011 results for its HWS Labor Market Pulse Index (LMPI), an indicator of local healthcare labor market demand in the 30 largest U.S. markets based on announced expansion and contraction plans and other data.
For the first three quarters of 2011, the healthcare merger and acquisition market has posted 707 deals with a combined worth of $185.9 billion. Experts predict total healthcare M&A activity for the year will surpass 2010 by 20 percent, according to a new report from Irving Levin Associates.
Paying employees to participate in a health assessment program may not be enough for employers who want to bring down their health insurance costs, says a new white paper from StayWell Health Management.
Medical billing services provider MedData, Inc. announced Friday the acquisition of Data Management, Inc. (DMI), a provider of physician billing services to pathologists and emergency departments.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday that the number of participants in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) has nearly tripled, with more than 10,000 members – doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers – now delivering care to Americans in underserved communities nationwide.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has awarded $3.4 million to programs in 19 states working to improve the system of services for children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN).
The Cardinal Health Foundation announced Wednesday that it will award more than $1 million in grants to help U.S. hospitals, health systems, community health clinics and other non-profit healthcare institutions improve the efficiency and quality of patient care.
Concussions and traumatic brain injuries sent more than 248,000 children to hospital emergency departments in 2009, a 57-percent increase over the past decade, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.