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The number of young people entering the nursing profession is surging, providing relief from the recent nursing shortage, according to an article in the December issue of Health Affairs.
A growing number of hospitals nationwide are hiring former drug and device sales representatives to visit doctors' offices to persuade them to use their services over competing facilities.
Medical device giant, Medtronic, admits no wrongdoing but has agreed to pay the federal government $23.5 million to settle claims that it paid doctors kickbacks to get them to use its pacemakers and defibrillators.
Dr. Donald Berwick, who oversaw Medicare and Medicaid until earlier this month, defended the programs Monday, but said they are trapped in a U.S. health system that promotes wasteful spending and inefficient care.
A dermatology product manufacturer purchased by pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline in 2009 and its former chief executive are being sued by federal regulators for allegedly defrauding employee shareholders of more than $110 million.
Dossia, the open-source personal health record service developed by a group of Fortune 500 employers, announced Monday that the Dossia Health Management System has been deployed at six of its founding member companies – leading to sharp uptick in patient engagement.
A recent report released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave insight into the variation of healthcare spending by state, with New England and the Mideast regions spending the most. Here are eight more healthcare spending trends identified in the report.
Canadians with chronic conditions face more barriers to the care they need according to survey results released recently by the Commonwealth Fund.
If the Internal Revenue Service's audits prove founded, medical device maker, Boston Scientific, owes more than $1 billion in back taxes.
The December Health Sector Economic Indicators briefs released last week by Altarum Institute's Center for Sustainable Health Spending reports slowing growth for healthcare price, spending and employment in October 2011.