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The Premier healthcare alliance, an organization serving more than 2,000 not-for-profit hospitals and health systems, has issued a plea to its contracted hospital suppliers to keep prices down during...
The Federal Trade Commission has pushed the clock forward on the so-called "red flags" rule deadline that could affect hospitals across the country. The deadline moves ahead six months to Ma...
With the explosion of healthcare information technology companies providing tools and resources for consumers, finding a business model to enable Health 2.0 to flourish is the market's next big questi...
Eclipsys co-founder Terrence Macaleer has joined Chicago-based Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions as vice president of sales for the company's Enterprise Solutions Group. Macaleer will foc...
A well-known developer of Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) technology is unveiling a new kiosk designed to identify high-risk patients and give ED clinicians a real-time view of who's in...
A survey by the Medical Group Management Association reveals that U.S. medical practices are not adequately prepared for disasters, and the authors suggest that the federal government should address t...
Operating costs at many medical group practices rose faster than revenues in 2007, according to a new survey by the Medical Group Management Association.The MGMA released the results of its &...
Profound change is needed in the U.S. healthcare system, but it will take real political courage to get it done, said William F. Jessee, MD, president and CEO of the Medical Group Management Associati...
Kaiser's October phone survey of 1,217 adults, including 1,115 registered voters, found twice as many named Obama as the candidate best representing their views on healthcare, rather than Sen. John Mc...
With five million people - or one in 10 workers - in the healthcare sector, the healthcare industry has the second largest employer base behind the food service industry, according to Anthony Burke, p...