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The State Alliance for e-Health, made up of governors and state officials from across the country, is calling on states to support e-prescribing and address medical privacy and security issues in orde...

The cost of developing novel drugs grows annually, yet each year fewer such drugs are gaining regulatory approval. As a result, pharmaceutical companies are increasingly shifting prescription drugs to...

Eclipsys Corp. based in Atlanta will acquire Medinotes, a privately-held physician software company based in Des Moines, Iowa. The announcement, made over the weekend at the 6th Annual Busine...

For the second year in a row, the Cardinal Health Foundation will award more than $1 million in funding to help U.S. hospitals, health systems and community health clinics improve patient safety and h...

International market analysis firm Datamonitor believes that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's pledge to increase investment in life science research will not only help the pharmaceutical and biotechnology...

In an effort to reduce the spread of HIV, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will award 16 agencies about $6.2 million in state and federal money starting in January 2009.The HIV preve...

Perot Systems of Plano, Texas has been awarded a five-year contract extension with athenahealth, Inc., a Watertown, Mass.-based provider of Web-based business services for physician practices....

UCSF Medical Center is one step closer to breaking ground for a new hospital complex on the UCSF Mission Bay campus following the unanimous approval by the University of California Board of Regents on...

The standard Medicare Part B monthly premium will be $96.40 in 2009, the same as the Part B premium for 2008, the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid announced Friday. This is the first year s...

House lawmakers took an aggressive approach to healthcare reform in two separate hearings held on September 18.The House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health considered the...