Richard Pizzi
Kaiser Permanente is cutting 860 information technology jobs nationwide under a realignment that includes a $500 million deal giving IBM management duties at Kaiser's medical records data centers.
An incremental healthcare reform model, exemplified by the creation of the State Children's Health Insurance Program, is not bold enough for broad-based reform that would create universal coverage, according to a new study.
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., laid off 240 doctors, nurses and other workers on Monday.
Margaret Hamburg, MD, a former New York City health commissioner, is President Barack Obama's nominee for Food and Drug Administration commissioner.
A majority of large U.S. employers remain confident they will continue to offer healthcare benefits to workers 10 years from now, according to a new survey.
A new survey by The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania reveals that the economic environment for the state's general acute-care hospitals has not improved since the end of 2008 - and in some areas has worsened.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has selected 16 hospitals to participate in the first two cohorts of a collaborative project engaging nurses and other frontline staff to improve the quality of patient care.
The National Institutes of Health announced Tuesday that applications are now available for $1.5 billion in grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
As economic difficulties continue to hit hospitals hard, two Milwaukee-area health systems have decided to share certain hospital-based physician services in an attempt to save money.
Emory University is suspending its $1.5 billion medical expansion project due to concerns about the deteriorating economy.