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> The publication Global Healthcare suggests a number of ways hospitals can embrace green practices in order to cut costs, including proper medical waste disposal and water conservation. Article
> Deeper data analytics may help control healthcare costs in the future, InformationWeek reported. Article
Health Payer News
> The idea that Medicaid expansion will wreak havoc with state budgets due to increased hospital use by the previously-uninsured was challenged by results of a recent study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Article
Provider News
> Infection control experts blame lax federal guidelines for the spread of Ebola to two Dallas healthcare workers who cared for the country's first Ebola patient, the New York Times reported. Article
Healthcare IT News
> The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation(RWJF) is setting its sights on improving healthcare through data and information. In a new initiative, Data for Health, the foundation will look at how information and data on heath can be used to help people live healthier lifestyles, according to an announcement from RWJF. Article
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