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Biotechs turning to health foundations for cash
In most cases, biotech firms turn to venture capital, public stock offerings and traditional financing to fund their medical research efforts. However, in Massachusetts at least, biotechs are turning Read more...
Publisher's Note: FierceMarkets joins Questex Media
Publisher's Note: I wanted to share some exciting news with you. Yesterday we announced the sale of FierceMarkets, the publisher of FierceHealthcare, to Questex Media, a Boston-based B2B media Read more...
ALSO NOTED: NY gov, MDs push EMRs; Caritas loses hoped-for CEO; and much more...
> New York's governor and state medical association are working together to push acceptance of electronic medical records in the state. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Tufts gives $500K to quality group; Cleveland clinic gets $5M for innovation; and much more...
> Boston's Tufts Health Plan has donated $500,000 to a local non-profit which measures physician performance. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Ding! S-CHIP fight goes into round two; Boston officials ask Caritas to set facility free; and much more...
> Here we go again. Congress has passed another version of S-CHIP, and President Bush has promised another veto. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: States push for hospital pricing disclosures; Actor supports hospital union; and much more...
> States continue to push for disclosure of hospital pricing data. Article > Actor Ben Affleck has come out in support of a Read more...
Groups push for federal community benefit standards
A coalition of community groups is recommending that the federal government set some strict, easily measurable community benefit standards for non-profit hospitals. The groups, led by Boston-based Read more...
Health plan spends $4M to emphasize split with MDs
Sometimes, the perception lingers much longer than the reality. Despite having split up four years ago, it appears that Boston-area consumers still don't know that Harvard Pilgrim Health Care isn't Read more...
MA physicians challenge retail clinic plan
If it gets its way, CVS will open up 30 or more MinuteClinics throughout the Boston, MA area in the near future. But it might not be so easy to do that. Under fire from physicians, state regulators Read more...
Mass. hospital struggles with patient violence
Massachusetts nurses have mounted a campaign against workplace violence, triggered in part by incidents taking place over the past year at one suburban hospital. At Boston-area Brockton Hospital, one Read more...
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