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While more than one-third of home healthcare and nursing home organizations said they expect the government’s economic stimulus package to increase use of healthcare information technology, 52 percent said the stimulus package will have little or no impact on their businesses, according to a recent survey by IVANS, Inc.
The ongoing recession will help ease or even end the registered nurse shortage in many areas of the country, according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs.
The world vaccine market has grown 21.5 percent since 2007 to reach $19.2 billion, and a new report forecasts the market to more than double by 2013.
As Congress prepares to debate a major overhaul of the nation's healthcare system, Americans already have formed opinions in support of a public health option, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
As more people become eligible for COBRA health coverage due to layoffs, a smaller percentage of them are actually signing up, according to Spencer’s Benefits Reports 2009 COBRA Survey.
The Doylestown Hospital Authority will receive an $11.1 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development to expand Doylestown Hospital, creating more than 450 temporary positions and 180 new healthcare-related jobs.
As healthcare reform issues begin to boil on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be taking their campaign for reform to the people.
A report from the Missouri Hospital Association says the state's hospitals provided more than $1.8 billion in community benefit in 2007 – an increase of $200 million from the previous year.
The New England Healthcare Institute's recently released report, "Remaking Primary Care: From Crisis to Opportunity," highlights the issues surrounding the primary care physician shortage and offers recommendations to alleviate the problem.
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey will pay $2 million to resolve federal allegations that its hospital defrauded Medicaid, according to the Justice Department.