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The government has launched two grant programs totaling $38 million for the training and development of a skilled workforce to support adoption and use of healthcare information technology.

GE Healthcare and GE Capital are expanding their healthcare IT interest-free loan program to include new purchases of GE Healthcare's Centricity Business suite.

Maine's MaineGeneral Medical Center is seeking approval to build a new regional inpatient hospital adjacent to the Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care in Augusta and update the Thayer Campus in Waterville.

The Senate passed a sweeping healthcare reform bill Thursday morning, bringing an overhaul to the U.S. healthcare system just one vote away from reality.

On the eve of a highly controversial Senate vote on health reform, stakeholders for and against are voicing strong convictions.

Americans’ confidence in healthcare remained consistent throughout 2009, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthcare Consumer Confidence Index.

The St. John Health System, headquartered in Tulsa, Okla., will pay more than $13 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act, according to the Justice Department.

Healthcare reform is trying to address the expansion of, and greater access to, healthcare services. But experts say adding demand to an industry that already faces a growing primary care shortage, requires new delivery models.

API Healthcare is adding external staffing solutions to its human capital management portfolio with the acquisition of Clearview Staffing Software, Inc.

The government, patients and employers are demanding higher value in healthcare, but the current payment structure still largely rewards hospitals and physicians based on the volume of services they provide, according to a HealthlLeaders Media study.