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Former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) withdrew Tuesday from consideration as Department of Health and Human Services Secretary, according to a White House statement. The withdrawal follows a Senate Finance Committee vetting review that revealed Daschle had tax violations.
Bergen Regional Medical Center in Paramus, N.J. has completed the redesign and renovation of its 8,000-square-foot emergency department.
Humana, one of the nation's largest health-benefits companies, has promised to adopt machine-readable patient ID cards and, in the process, won the acclaim of the Medical Group Management Association, which estimates the cards could save physician offices and hospitals as much as $1 billion a year.
Patients who have a clear understanding of their after-hospital care instructions are 30 percent less likely to be readmitted or visit the emergency department than patients who lack this information, according to a new study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Amid perfect weather but less-than-perfect attendance, the Medical records Institute's Towards the Electronic Patient Record (TEPR+) conference kicked off Monday with talk of financial services and also the naming of winners of tech awards.
The Senate Finance Committee's vetting process of former Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D. ) for Secretary of Health and Human Services may have hit a snag due to recent reports that Daschle failed to pay some of his taxes since 2005.
Broadlane, based in Dallas, has announced a relationship with MEDmarketplace.com, offering clients an avenue for selling or buying used equipment through an online community comprised of other healthcare providers and more than 600 medical equipment brokers.
The governing board of the California state stem cell agency is delaying $58 million in research grants until March because of the economic slowdown and the crisis in the credit markets.
Aspen Valley Hospital, located in Aspen, Colo., has signed a five-year deal to continue outsourcing its business process services.
Results of a nationwide survey of healthcare providers released Monday by Allscripts shows that physician groups support measures in the economic stimulus package that provide federal loans, grants and incentives to promote broader adoption of health information technology.