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The market for electronic medical record data transfer equipment and applications, valued at $575 million in 2008, is forecast to reach $1.6 billion in 2013, according to a study by research firm Kalorama Information.

Healthcare providers believe in the importance of reform, but are concerned about the toll it could take on their businesses and patients, according to a survey by IVANS, Inc.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will form a task force to develop recommendations for enhancing the transparency of the agency's operations and decision-making process.

A study released by the Center for Studying Health System Change suggests that early efforts to measure physician performance without addressing certain methodological and other shortcomings may not help lower healthcare costs.

Connolly Healthcare, a permanent Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has signed a five-year license agreement with Milliman Care Guidelines.

Targeting a $150-billion-a-year chink in the nation’s healthcare armor, Ingenix is shoring up its payment accuracy technology with the acquisition of AIM Healthcare Services, Inc.

Hospital emergency departments continue to face over-crowding, according to a new study by the U.S. General Accountability Office.

U.S., Canadian, and U.K.-based insurance firms hold at least $4.4 billion of investments in companies whose subsidiaries manufacture cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, and related products, according to a new article on insurance company holdings, published in the June 4th edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.

In an effort to reduce expenses during a bad economic climate, University of Iowa Health Care plans to trim the size of UI Hospitals and Clinics' 6,600-member work force by eliminating some filled positions.

President Obama met Tuesday at the White House with 24 Senate Democrats to work on health reform. The meeting comes as Congress is currently working on drafting comprehensive reform legislation.