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NewsMedicare fraud charges settled against NY Presbyterian, Columbia, doc for nearly $1M
Columbia University this week settled for nearly $1 million for Medicare fraud charges against the Trustees of Columbia University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Dr. Erik Goluboff, who was the Read more...
Harlem Hospital strike avoided
Despite threatening to strike over lost pension and tuition benefits, doctors at Harlem Hospital Center ultimately conceded and signed an 18-month contract mainly due to "restore[d] elements of Read more...
Hospitals set on limiting school affiliations
In an attempt to "streamline" services at its 11 New York City hospitals, Health and Hospitals Corporation wants to take responsibility back from the prestigious universities it once sought help Read more...
Children on Medicaid get more antipsychotics
For reasons that still aren't clear, children covered by Medicaid are prescribed antipsychotic drugs more often than those with private insurance, according to new federally-funded research. The Read more...
Study: Number of Americans using antidepressants doubles
Antidepressant use has shot up dramatically over the last decade or so, including among children, while visits to psychiatrists have continued to fall, according to a new study. As of 2005, the most Read more...
Grassley wants to see med schools' conflict of interest policies
Continuing his campaign to clean up healthcare industry relationships, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has asked 23 medical schools to share details on their conflict-of-interest policies. Grassley's Read more...
Tufts withdraws invitation for Grassley aide to speak
Tufts University recently withdrew an invitation for Paul D. Thacker--an investigator for Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA)--to speak about conflicts-of-interest in medicine at an upcoming conference Read more...
| Press ReleasesColumbia Grants Health Fidelity Exclusive License to MedLEE NLP-- Clinical Natural Language Processing to improve usability of health information NEW YORK & MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Columbia University and Health Fidelity, Inc. announced today Read more >> GE Healthcare Performance Solutions Continues Investment in Hospital Event Reporting Technology to Help Improve Patient SaGE Healthcare acquires MERS (Medical Event Reporting System) patient safety evaluation system for capturing, reporting and analyzing safety events and near misses, helping to drive improvements in Read more >> ImplementHIT Launches OptimizeHIT at HIMSS to Boost Physician EHR Training and Meaningful Use for Small PracticesBrings cost-effective, customizable physician elearning to smaller practices ORLANDO, Fla--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ImplementHIT will roll out OptimizeHIT, (www.OptimizeHIT.com) physician electronic health Read more >> PhenotypeIT Appoints Robert Jahreis as VP of StrategyNEWTON, Mass., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- PhenotypeIT, Inc. today announced that Robert Jahreis will join the company as VP of Strategy. He will play a vital role in structuring PhenotypeIT's efforts to Read more >> MedCurrent Adds Medical Affairs and Sales Executives for Its Medical Decision Support TechnologyExecutives to Bring More Cost-Effective Model of Medical, Surgical and Radiology Benefit Management to Healthcare Payers, Hospitals, and Physicians Seeking to Meet Federal Requirements for Read more >> |
