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Swine flu, health reform and restrictions on industry gifts to doctors are among the top 10 health stories identified by the Harvard Health Letter in its annual list.
The new Western Maryland Regional Medical Center officially opened its doors in late November.
The American Health Information Management Association’s board of directors has named Alan F. Dowling as the organization's next CEO.
Hackensack University Medical Center, a 775-bed teaching and research hospital and the largest provider of inpatient and outpatient services in New Jersey, has signed a hospital medicine affiliation with Cogent Healthcare.
The Kerlan Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles has agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations that it received illegal kickbacks from the HealthSouth Corporation, according to the Justice Department.
Some common prescription drugs usually covered by Medicare Part D may not make the cut in 2010, due to a new policy being implemented by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Even before his election in November 2008, President Barack Obama was calling for healthcare reform in 2009.
The global financial crisis, government pressure, changing market dynamics for an industry experiencing significant change, and rapidly evolving healthcare reforms are likely to drive up taxes for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry, according to a new report.
There should be little change in health insurance premiums under the proposed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Ten years after the release of the widely read Institute of Medicine patient safety report "To Err Is Human," one expert grades current hospital safety efforts at B-.