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PROVIDENCE, RI – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s “Quality Counts” program to support physician adoption of electronic health record systems will begin monitoring...

OAKLAND, CA – The Agency for Healthcare Research Quality has awarded $600,000 to Kaiser Permanente’s Center for Health Research to continue its heart disease prevention and management stud...

Number of retail health clinics nearing 1,000 A survey of retail clinics by the healthcare list division of Verispan, of Yardley, Pa., listed 921 clinics. The clinics typically are staffe...

THE PARTY MAY BE OVER, but the good times will continue in healthcare, financial analysts say. After a 2007 that saw capital funds flow  into healthcare, sources believe this year will...

STAMFORD, CN – Cost issues, affecting both patients and their practices, are buffeting physicians’ perceptions of the practice of medicine. A recently released survey by Thom...

THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS and other groups are calling for change to a bill that would establish a demonstration project to measure the ability of patient-centered medical homes to...

THERE’S STILL A LOT of paper scheduling in hospitals today, according to Jared Peterson, vice president of research operations for KLAS Enterprises. Price point, cultural change an...

In his final State of the Union speech last night, President Bush prioritized pressing domestic economic issues ahead of healthcare, which has been the top domestic issue for several years....

New Jersey needs to better monitor hospitals' financial conditions and may have to play a more active role in ensuring that essential facilities can survive financially. A report,...

CHICAGO – The American Medical Association (AMA) is pushing for a permanent fix to a bill that has taken away a three-year medical loan deferment for medical students serving their residency....