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Walgreens is poised to roll out Epic's electronic health records platform in its more than 400 healthcare clinics across the country, replacing Walgreens' own proprietary EHR.

Two-thirds of the 131 carriers that offered silver-level preferred provider organization plans in 2015 will either drop them entirely or offer fewer of them in January, and those cutbacks will affect customers in 37 states, according to the foundation.

The Massachusetts hospitals follow the exit of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire last month.

Because hospital-acquired infections are a common complication and extend inpatient stays, hospitals actually save money by building costly, single-patient rooms, according to a new study by Cornell University.

For the fourth consecutive year, physician-owned hospitals are among the top performers in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services value-based purchasing program, according to Physicians Hospitals of America.

Healthcare spending grew by 3.4 percent in 2014, a new report by the Health Care Cost Institute found, even though overall utilization declined.

The Big Data and Healthcare Analytics Forum kicks off on Thursday in Boston, with a host of expert speakers set to discuss how healthcare is using clinical and business intelligence to drive quality improvements, efficiency gains and cost savings.

The American Medical Association is adding 20 leading medical schools to the 11 already participating in its Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, a group that hopes to "bridge the gaps that exist between how medical students are trained and how healthcare is delivered" in the 21st Century.

HCA Holdings on Wednesday said it will pay $215 million to settle a shareholder action suit over the information it disclosed prior to its 2011 initial public offering.

Republican said he would curtail the state's expansion of Medicaid by seeking a waiver for a more restrictive version of the program.