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While the U.S. economy experienced practically no job growth in August, the healthcare sector continued to buck the national trend, as the industry added 29,700 positions.
Ohio hospitals released a report Tuesday outlining the $2.9 billion in free or discounted services they provide annually to their local communities, including to some of the state's most vulnerable residents.
The MetroAtlanta Ambulance Service, which offers 911 services for Georgia's capital and surrounding communities, is implementing Zepherella's PatientPay service to give patients an online platform to review and pay their bills.
The National Science Foundation granted $500,000 to Indiana University to fund research to better understand how technologies can assist underserved older adults as they age in place.
As "consumerism" is taking an increasing role in controlling healthcare costs, Consumer Reports will publish a story in its October issue detailing strategies consumers can use to haggle for lower prices with doctors and hospitals.
UnitedHealthcare is beginning to experience reduced hospital and emergency room use as a result of payers and providers sharing patient data through health information exchange in its eight patient-centered medical home pilots around the country.
The Department of Health & Human Services announced Friday that rural health networks across the nation will receive more than $11.9 million to support their adoption of Health Information Technology (HIT) and certified Electronic Health Records (EHRs).
New medians data available from FY 2010 illustrate current challenges faced by the U.S. not-for-profit healthcare sector and support the reasons for the sector's ongoing negative rating outlook, says Moody's Investors Service in a new report.
California Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) pulled his insurance rate regulation bill, AB 52, on Wednesday before a state Senate vote stating there were not enough Democratic Senators lined up to pass the measure.
Mobile apps might be getting all the headlines for their clinical uses, but they have benefits at the back end of the operational chain as well, as Novation is proving.