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Small and resource-poor, the Western Washington Rural Health Care Collaborative (WWRHCC), has shown it is not afraid to tackle - and complete - big projects, such as building an HIE from scratch and developing a telepharmacy system.
The Cardinal Health Foundation announced Wednesday that it will award more than $1 million in grants to help U.S. hospitals, health systems, community health clinics and other non-profit healthcare institutions improve the efficiency and quality of patient care.
A quality report released Wednesday says that the country’s nursing facilities have shown measureable improvements in nine of 10 quality measures since 2009.
A new high-deductible insurance plan from UPMC Health Plan will reward members who become more involved in their healthcare decisions and exhibit healthy behaviors via participation in more than 100 approved activities.
Concussions and traumatic brain injuries sent more than 248,000 children to hospital emergency departments in 2009, a 57-percent increase over the past decade, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Three of the top four most overrated jobs in 2011 are in healthcare, according to a ranking by national job search portal CareerCast.com. Surgeons, physicians and psychiatrists are ranked number two, three and four, respectively.
The Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), a national nonprofit working to improve America's long-term care system, has launched the PHI State Data Center, the first web-based tool to provide comprehensive, state-by-state profiles of the direct-care workforce.
Few seniors are familiar with the Medicare Star Quality Ratings for Medicare plans from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and even those who do know about them rarely use the information to help select their Medicare plan.
The U.S. healthcare sector continues to grow jobs in 2011 as the national economic situation remains dicey. The industry added 43,800 positions in September.
HealthAmerica and Preferred Primary Care Physicians have launched a new pilot program aimed at providing more coordinated and patient-centered primary care and improved communications among patients, physicians and care teams.