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By Beth Jones Sanborn | 12:51 pm | June 03, 2016
The global market for oncology drugs swelled to $107 billion in 2015, fueled by a steady surge of innovation and new therapies that flooded the market, a new study released by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics revealed.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 03:47 pm | June 02, 2016
Healthcare IT News and HIMSS are accepting topic and speaker proposals for Pop Health Forum 2016 scheduled for September 12-13 in Chicago.
By Bill Siwicki | 11:18 am | June 02, 2016
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has awarded Boston Children's Hospital approximately $275,000 to address the coordination of open information about market-ready electronic health records app solutions.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 04:45 pm | May 31, 2016
A recent study published in JAMA suggests the gap in quality between critical access hospitals and non-critical access hospitals may not be as wide as originally thought.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:59 am | May 27, 2016
In the report issued Thursday, Blue Shield for the first time listed total compensation for its 10-highest paid executives by name. The company also offered details, such as base salary and incentive awards.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 12:18 pm | May 24, 2016
Five years after a devastating tornado ripped apart Joplin, MO, including its major hospital, a sapling from the 9/11 Survivor Tree was planted Sunday near the healing garden of Mercy Hospital Joplin's cancer center.
By Susan Morse | 02:17 pm | May 20, 2016
As margins are squeezed, interest in provider-sponsored health plans continues to increase. The expectation, according to a new PwC report, is that half of health systems will be applying or will consider applying for an insurance license.
By Kaiser Health News | 10:01 am | May 18, 2016
The stakes are high for the companies and CalPERS, which is struggling along with many employers nationwide to contain fast-rising drug costs.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:18 am | May 16, 2016
The nation in the next few years faces many important decisions about health care -- most of which have little to do with the controversial federal health law. Here are five issues candidates should be discussing, but largely are not.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:39 pm | May 11, 2016
The cost of long-term, in-home care is greatly underestimated, says a new study from insurance holding company Genworth Financial. In fact, most Americans underestimate the cost by close to 50 percent.