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Study: Medical facilities to defer projects in '09
Hospitals and health systems postponed or canceled many capital investments in 2008, hamstrung by lack of access to capital. Now, it's looking like such projects will hang fire this year too,... Read more...
Physicians support incentives for EMRs
A new study suggests that physicians generally support measures in the pending economic stimulus package that would pay to promote broader adoption of health information technology. However, they... Read more...
Medical identity theft information still scarce
This week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) held its town hall on medical identity theft as promised. Most of what people learned, however, was that... Read more...
N.J. Blue plan files to go for-profit
New Jersey's Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield has filed with the state to convert from not-for-profit to for-profit status, in what it says is a bid to boost its financial options. In its filing... Read more...
Live from HiMSS08: Mike Leavitt touts local health exchanges
Today at HiMSS, audiences were treated to a speech from Mike Leavitt, head of almighty HHS. Leavitt, who comes across as far more relaxed and informal than you might expect from a guy with his... Read more...
AHA lobbies to fight cuts, boost health IT
Hospitals, if you're wondering whether the American Hospital Association is fighting for your interests on the Hill, here's one piece of evidence to ponder. The trade group apparently paid a lobbying... Read more...
Trend: Hospital corps sell services to competitors
In a business facing the overhead hospitals do, just about anything you can do to lower costs makes sense. So it's little surprise--though still noteworthy--that hospital chains are increasingly... Read more...
ALSO NOTED: HCA closes Cedars deal; AMA endorses health IT tax credits; and much more...
> HCA has closed its sale of Miami-based Cedars Medical Center to the University of Miami for $260 million. Read more...
Study: Tracking, control of hospital infections still tough
Despite the newly-intense scrutiny focused on hospital-acquired infections, new study suggests that hospitals are still getting their arms around some key infection controls, including control of... Read more...
Feds consider restructuring Medicare quality program
Two U.S. Senators have introduced legislation intended to tighten up the $400 million program responsible for providing Medicare technical assistance. The Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) was... Read more...
