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San Francisco-based Practice Fusion has announced a partnership with Physician Services, Inc. of California and Azalea Health Innovations, Inc. of Georgia, allowing the company to offer its bil...
Allscripts, long known for its clinical software and information systems for physicians, is taking aim at hospitals now with the purchase of the Extended Care Information Network, a Chicago-based prov...
PROVIDENCE, RI – Brown University has set out to create the first research database aimed at improving the nation’s long-term care system. Improvements made using the information are es...
December proved a cool month for some publicly traded healthcare providers. Analysts were generally bearish on the prospects of companies like Triad Hospitals and Tenet Health, thanks to declining mar...
Three hospitals are expected to implement a new approach to delivering primary care in the first quarter of 2007, testing a concept that's projected to provide cost-effective options for insurers and...
If 2006 was the year consumer directed health plans began to pick up steam, 2007 may be the year that all-in-one "smart" cards, designed to automate the payment process, grab the public spotlight....
Axentis, a Cleveland-based provider of governance, risk and compliance management solutions, has been selected by Houston-based EGL, Inc., a global transportation, supply chain manage...
The federal government and other healthcare stakeholders are increasingly interested in what is called "patient-centered care" as a measure of quality of care. The two go hand-in-hand, industry and go...
The federal government wants to find the incentive that will convince doctors to participate in its pay-for-performance programs. According to Thomas B. Valuck, MD,...
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt announced today that more than 100 companies have voluntarily signed up to participate in the Administration's plan to advance healthc...