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The statewide total margin realized by Pennsylvania's 167 general acute care hospitals decreased by 2.62 percentage points in Fiscal Year 2009, falling from 4.70 percent in FY08 to 2.08 percent in FY09.
Telemedicine is a fast-growing healthcare field that will be the focus of the American Telemedicine Association’s 15th Annual International Meeting and Exposition held May 16-18 in San Antonio, Texas.
Two days of discussion about the influence of technology on healthcare have produced at least one hard truth: Having the latest and best toys doesn't necessarily mean you're going to be successful.
The Affordable Care Act offers effective new technology and sophisticated data analysis for reducing healthcare fraud that will build on programs that helped Medicare and Medicaid recover billions of dollars in 2009, according to the government's annual Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program (HCFAC) report.
A physician in his office consults with a specialist in another location over a secure video feed to help diagnose a patient. A doctor in transit uses his iPhone to schedule appointments, order tests and view a recent mammogram.
Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius have announced the results of the latest annual report on federal efforts to combat healthcare fraud, showing an increase of 29 percent more funds recovered over the previous year.
Three-quarters of Americans are using some sort of social media, and hospitals that don't adopt it now are missing a huge opportunity, according to the media manager for the Mayo Clinic.
Long-term care leaders in Florida are warning that looming state Medicaid cuts of $199.5 million, in conjunction with federal Medicare cuts of nearly $27 billion, are leading to a "worsening cost squeeze" that risks patient care quality and the jobs of the key frontline caregivers.
Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners, technical occupations and support personnel increased in April, according to a report released last week.
According to a new survey by the American Association of Medical Colleges, first-year medical school enrollment will be up 23 percent from 2002-2003 by 2015, but is not on track to meet the goal AAMC set for a 30 percent increase between 2002 and 2018.