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The U.S. healthcare system is "financially unsustainable" and must be reformed, said the incoming president of the American Academy of Family Physicians in a speech that set an energetic ton...
The MetLife Foundation has awarded a $100,000 grant to Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) and 11 of its member associations around the world. The money will be used for educational training and t...
Financial analysts who track healthcare technology companies Misys and Allscripts say Misys should have no problem obtaining the $305 million it needs to complete the planned merger with Allscripts....
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded the Education Development Center, Inc. of Newton, Mass. for the National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence...
According to a new study by The Access Project, nearly a quarter of non-corporate farm and ranch operators report spending a startling 42 percent of income on healthcare coverage and medical costs....
Officials of athenahealth, Inc., a provider of Internet-based business services for physician practices, say the company has signed a five-year contract extension with Plano, Texas-based Perot Systems...
Michigan's nonprofit community hospitals provided nearly $2.6 billion in direct patient care services and targeted outreach to those who could not afford it in fiscal year 2007, according to a report...
"America's Agenda: Health Care for Kids," a non-partisan organization of labor and business leaders, has launched a TV and mail campaign aimed at persuading a divided Congress to approve leg...
Computer giant Hewlett-Packard, moving quickly to integrate newly acquired Electronic Data Systems (EDS) into its portfolio, has announced that it will cut 24,600 jobs, or 7.5 percent of its workfo...
The orthopedics and sports medicine group OrthoArkansas has deployed a practice management and billing service for its physician organization.OrthoArkansas, comprised of 21 orthopedic physici...