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Union officials say more than 70 percent of the registered nurses of Boston's Tufts Medical Center voted Thursday night to authorize a 24-hour strike over patient care conditions.

Employers with self-funded health plans have a common enemy: The emergency room.

Much attention is paid to the transformative potential for clinical IT to improve care and increase patient safety. But non-clinical technology is just as important.

Using a credit card scanner in a hospital is great for buying flowers from the gift shop or lunch in the cafeteria, but it isn’t as easy when used to pay bills.

The community pharmacy may be an enduring and endearing image of rural America, offering everything from prescription medications to milk to sunglasses, but its ability to handle the complex needs of a residential home or senior housing complex leaves something to be desired.

In the current healthcare environment, hospitals need to capture every dollar from their payers, and as quickly as possible.

A two-year-old patient-centered medical home pilot spearheaded by physician-directed health plan CDPHP has resulted in major declines in the growth of the cost of care and improved outcomes at the three participating primary care practices.

After serving in Vietnam, David Greer, MD, returned to his hometown of Henrietta, Texas, 100 miles northwest of Fort Worth, and opened a small solo family practice.

The number of veterans receiving VA healthcare and benefits now stands at a record 8.4 million and is projected to hit 8.6 million by 2012, according to VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.

Three hospitals on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula are seeking an affiliation with Seattle-based Swedish Medical Center – an alliance that would allow the smaller hospitals to send patients to Swedish for specialized treatment.