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NewsHouse committee approves medical liability reform
The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to approve a bill that would place caps on medical liability for providers, reports AHA News Today. The bill, which was co-authored by Republicans and Read more...
RWJF awards grants for improving quality of care
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded $1.3 million in grants to healthcare collaboratives in 16 cities to assess ways to pay for healthcare services based on quality rather than volume, Read more...
Environmentally-induced conditions are driving up healthcare costs
Childhood health degraded by poor environmental conditions is costing the healthcare system tens of billions of dollars a year, according to a new study published in the May edition of the journal Read more...
Hospice care rising, but obstacles remain
The use of hospice and palliative care is on the rise in the United States, according to a new study by the Dartmouth Atlas Project. However, disconnects between patient desires and outcomes remain Read more...
Many firms support universal coverage
A sizable number of employers favor a universal healthcare system and want far more transparency from hospitals and physicians, concludes a new survey by United Benefit Advisors. According to the Read more...
U.S. healthcare system can't handle a massive radiation exposure
The U.S. healthcare system is thoroughly unprepared to cope with a catastrophic release of radiation, even though we’ve faced real threats for years due to the possibility of a terrorist "dirty Read more...
Public would support coordinated care models, survey shows
A new public survey by the Commonwealth Fund reports that 72 percent of Americans think that the current healthcare system requires a major overhaul. Keeping this in mind, many say they would support Read more...
Giving 'super-utilizers' more care can lower medical costs
Is it possible to lower medical costs by giving complex patients better care? That's what Dr. Atul Gawande set out to learn in a recent article published in the New Yorker. Anecdotal evidence Read more...
Senate Finance Committee passes healthcare bill
Get ready for a healthcare smack down later this month. With the Senate Finance Committee's 14-9 approval of its healthcare reform bill yesterday, the measure will move to a full floor debate, Read more...
For racial care divide, building trust may be key
This week, I wrote up a couple of stories on ethnic disparities in clinical outcomes that simply made my skin crawl. And that's after years of writing up stories on how Hispanics and Read more...
| Press ReleasesPresbyterian Healthcare Services Selects MRO Corp. for Release-of-Information and Audit Tracking ServicesNew Mexico health system implements MRO’s enterprise-wide system across all hospitals and satellite clinics KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MRO Corp., a leading provider of disclosure Read more >> Virtua Adopts Nuvon’s VEGA System for its Enterprise-wide Device Connectivity NeedsMARLTON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Nuvon, Inc. (www.nuvon.com), the leader in next generation medical device connectivity and interoperability solutions, today announced that Virtua has gone live with Read more >> Workers Launch Contract Negotiations at Daughters of Charity with Focus on Improving Health for All CaliforniansNearly 3,000 SEIU-UHW Members Ask Hospital Chain to Join with them in Preparing California for the Future of Healthcare SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Healthcare workers at six hospitals in Read more >> Memorial Healthcare System in Florida Selects Meditab/SuiteMed as an Approved EHR VendorOver 1,800 affiliated MHS physicians are expected to participate in the adoption of EMR/EHR through MHS’ EHR Donation Program OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Meditab/SuiteMed, a leader in Read more >> QuantiaMD Physicians Address Communication Failures that Hinder Care of Multicultural PatientsMobile and Online Initiative Finds Over 1/3 of Physicians Rarely or Never Ask Patients About Their Spiritual Beliefs or Use of Complimentary or Alternative Medicine WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >> |
