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PivotLink, a San Francisco-based provider of on-demand business intelligence software, has closed a $10 million round of venture capital funding. The company's BI products have been implemented in several industries, including healthcare.
The Texas Nursing Workforce Shortage Coalition, a collection of healthcare organizations, business groups and education officials, has called on state legislators to address the state's critical nursing shortage.
The Minnesota Nurses Association and Allina Hospitals and Clinics have negotiated an agreement ensuring adequate nurse staffing, the health and safety of nurses and other system issues in the event of a natural disaster, catastrophic event, pandemic illness or response to terrorism.
Iatric Systems, Inc., will endow a hospital in need with an enterprise-wide patient privacy and auditing security solution worth $50,000 to $100,000, company officers have announced.
Generation Xers say they feel unprepared for long-term care and do not feel they are taking the necessary steps to prepare for their futures, according to a survey released today by America's Health Insurance Plans.
New Jersey and Arizona physicians will be transforming their practices into patient-centered medical homes in 2009 as part of statewide PCMH pilots.
The Internal Revenue Service has released a final report on its 2006 survey of not-for-profit hospitals, which found the nearly 500 hospitals surveyed dedicated an average 9 percent of total revenues to community benefit.
Congress reached a $789 billion deal on the stimulus plan Wednesday that includes more than $100 billion for healthcare. Some healthcare provisions were trimmed, however, from the original House and Senate versions in effort to appease Republicans needed to pass the law.
Elderly Medicare beneficiaries who receive help with three or more activities of daily living constitute only 7 percent of the Medicare population but account for nearly 25 percent of Medicare Part A and B spending.
Patients covered through a CIGNA healthcare plan could be less confused about their payments following the spring launch of CIGNA's Cost of Care Estimator.