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Health Care REIT, a real estate investment trust specializing in healthcare properties, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the real estate assets of national rehab care provider Genesis HealthCare in a $2.4 billion deal.
Kronos, Inc., a Chelmsford, Mass.-based provider of workforce management solutions, has acquired API Healthcare, a Hartford, Wis.-based developer of software management solutions focused on staffing and scheduling, patient classification, human resources, recruiting, payroll and staffing agencies.
Indiana's health IT sector, which includes more than 72 growing technologies, along with health plans, life sciences companies, academic institutions, philanthropic organizations and state government, have bolstered healthcare and the economy of the state, according to a new report.
As the legislature in Texas grapples with its budget, the Children's Hospital Association of Texas (CHAT), which represents seven, nonprofit hospitals, is warning lawmakers that cuts to Medicaid could have disastrous consequences for the children of the state.
A potential change in the way the National Labor Relations Board determines how workers in non-acute care facilities unionize has the potential to raise costs and impact the quality of care at such facilities, says the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.
Orexigen Therapeutics, a San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company focused on obesity treatment, has announced the upcoming departure of Graham Cooper, its chief financial officer and treasurer.
Hospitalist service provider Apollo Medical Holdings has acquired the Aligned Healthcare Group, which operates 24-hour physician call centers and provides specialized care management services.
In Pennsylvania, a healthcare system is using a game to help administrators learn how to respond to and solve staffing and employee issues. In Montana, a medical center is using an online system to allow physicians and nurses to bid for and arrange their own work schedules.
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Document management eases transition to an EMR
New organization would insure 1.8 million