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Amerinet, a St. Louis-based national group purchasing organization, has begun offering member facilities a program designed to help reduce energy consumption.
Screening patients in the intensive care unit for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can save hospitals money, according to a new study.
The spotlight is on health data exchange in Indiana as the Central Indiana Beacon Community, led by the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE), hosts a meeting Monday to share the experiences of running the nation's largest and oldest health information exchange in the country. Indiana health IT leaders are calling the 'deep dive' meeting the first - and only - such meeting of the Beacon Communities.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance has released new standards for a patient centered medical home, with changes including improved access to care, a more defined patient experience and the incorporation of meaningful use incentives.
MedeAnalytics, an Emeryville, Calif.-based provider of healthcare performance management solutions, has announced that Blue Shield of California is now live with the company's Medical Management Analytics solution.
Provisions under the Affordable Care Act that specify administrative costs for health plans don't take into account the cost of fraud prevention programs that health plans already have in place, according to a new brief released by America's Health Insurance Plans.
Research on post-traumatic stress disorder cost the government $24.5 million in 2009, up from the $9.9 million spent in 2005, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
The Mayo Clinic has created the Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, a new initiative that will focus on creating improved approaches to how healthcare is delivered.
Ten months after the Affordable Care Act became a law and almost three months after a mid-term election produced a historic number of new Republican lawmakers, state health insurance commissioners find themselves in a precarious position.
Americans remain divided over the Affordable Care Act, while those who oppose it don't want to see it defunded, according to a new survey conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.