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Investment in healthcare companies fell 7 percent in 2010 to $7.4 billion for 702 deals, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. The industry's smallest sector, Healthcare Services, saw the strongest growth, tripling the capital raised in 2009.
A new study by the American Medical Association shows that many health insurance markets across the country lack significant competition and are instead dominated by one or two insurance companies.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is developing an online toolkit and electronic user manual to help providers and health plans understand and establish the requirements for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule.
Apple, eBay, HP, Intel, Intuit and Oracle have joined to provide $150 million to help support the building of the New Stanford Hospital, which is being called a global model for patient-centered and technologically advanced healthcare.
A survey of allied health programs at California community colleges casts doubts on the state's ability to produce the healthcare workers it will need in coming years.
A report from the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United charges that health insurers in California denied 26 percent of all claims submitted through the first nine months of 2010.
Patients hospitalized for major acute medical conditions - including heart attack, stroke and pneumonia - are less likely to die in high-spending hospitals, according to a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
A Florida judge has struck down the Affordable Care Act, ruling Monday on a case filed by 25 Republican attorneys general and governors.
Health information is one of the hottest topics online today, with 80 percent of Americans using the Internet to research areas including diseases, procedures, doctors, hospitals, drugs, test results and insurance, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet Project and California HealthCare Foundation.
Tenet Healthcare has reached an agreement with Medicaid managed care program Keystone Mercy Health Plan that covers Hahnemann University Hospital and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia.