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NewsHospitals aim to slash the 4.4M preventable readmissions
Four million and four hundred thousand preventable readmissions happen each year, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). It's a daunting number matched with even higher Read more...
Are industry's promises to cut $2T smoke and mirrors?
Yesterday, several top interest groups in the healthcare world came together to announce that they were prepared to take steps to cut healthcare cost growth significantly over the next decade, saving Read more...
Tobacco giants funding MA universities' research
It's discomforting--the more you look, the more you find tobacco companies funding medical research. Last week, we learn that a 2006 study concluding that 80 percent of lung cancer deaths could be Read more...
| Press ReleasesVA Putting “Point-of-Care Research” to the TestWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A team from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Stanford University is exploring a new approach to clinical trials that experts say will cost less and be easier Read more >> M-3 Information, a Leader in Expert Behavioral Health Solutions, Launches M3Clinician.comThe first scientifically-valid Behavioral Health Portal for Primary Care, Specialty Practices and the Patient-centered Medical HomeBETHESDA, Md., March 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The evidenced-based Read more >> Research and Markets: Hospital Discharge Improvement Guide: How to Close Six Key Care Gaps and Reduce ReadmissionsDUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/865338/hospital_discharge) has announced the addition of the "Hospital Discharge Improvement Guide: How to Read more >> Four Keynote Speakers to Headline at BioFlorida’s Annual ConferenceFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- BioFlorida today announced an impressive roster of keynote speakers for its 13th Annual Conference that includes the former Secretary of the U.S. Department Read more >> Awarepoint, Leading RTLS Provider for Hospitals, Continues Staffing Up for GrowthStephen Zaniboni, formerly of XIFIN, Inc., joins as CFO and Peter Mojica, a 25 year Wall Street information technology executive, joins as Vice President of Product ManagementSAN DIEGO, June 14 Read more >> |
