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> Physicians' failure to diagnose reins as the top reason behind medical malpractice claims, Yahoo News reported.
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Provider News
> Emergency departments that ordered more diagnostic tests for children with possible community-acquired pneumonia also admitted more children to the hospital, according to a study published online Monday in the journal Pediatrics, FierceHealthcare reported.
> For the first time, healthcare has more students in MIT's executive MBA program than any other industry, making up one in five members of the class of 2014, FierceHealthcare reported.
Health Insurance News
> Highmark, Pennsylvania's largest insurer, has announced that it's launching an "accountable care alliance" that will pay a network of about 500 hospitals and doctors up to 30 percent more in reimbursements for keeping patients healthy, FierceHealthPayer reported.
Health IT News
> More than 300 practicing physicians in primary care, family medicine and internal medicine responding to a new survey from Wolters Kluwer Health cited their three biggest business challenges in implementing technology required by the Affordable Care Act as follows: managing shifting reimbursement models with payers (91 percent), financial management (90 percent) and spending time with patients (88 percent), FierceHealthIT reported.
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