As a former investment banker, Henry Purchase was no stranger to paperwork. But even that did not prepare him for the forms and regulations he faced when moving his mother into a nursing home.
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Though the U.S. has already spent more than half the $22.5 billion earmarked for computerizing medical records, there has been achingly slow progress in creating an accessible, interoperable system that works for patients.
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Healthcare was again a bright spot as U.S. hiring picked up and the jobless rate fell to a four-year low of 7.7% in February, according to seasonally adjusted preliminary figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday morning. The 32,000 jobs added in healthcare services...
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A jury Friday awarded $8.3 million to a former prison guard who accused Johnson & Johnson's DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary of knowingly marketing a faulty hip implant that was later recalled. Jurors found that the ASR XL implant was defectively designed and caused metal poisoning and other health...
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Wary employers are warning of possible future job cuts as they face the “unknown effects” of healthcare reform, according to a newly released look at the U.S. economy. Businesses, economists and market experts surveyed for the Federal Reserve's Beige Book report, an anecdotal snapshot...
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As a former investment banker, Henry Purchase was no stranger to paperwork. But even that did not prepare him for the forms and regulations he faced when moving his mother into a nursing home.
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A growing number of states want to use the coming health insurance exchanges as a means to expand Medicaid coverage, and the approach carries both promise and pitfalls for providers.
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New research on hospitals' power to raise prices for commercial insurers suggests many hospitals lack the market muscle to do so, but the news isn't all good for patients.
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Federal authorities and healthcare providers continue to wrestle with conflicts that might taint decisions about which drugs reach patients. Concerns persist even as new federal rules that seek to improve transparency among providers and drug and device manufacturers go into effect.
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It's safe to say that everyone looking for employment would hope to find the best possible place to work—organizations that go out of their way to empower workers to always do their best.
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Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are trying out a new tactic. They're sounding the alarm on a deadly superbug while it's still rare in the hopes of halting its spread.
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The federal agency charged with overseeing healthcare quality has spotlighted a list of 10 patient-safety practices it says will go a long way toward achieving better care and improved patient outcomes.
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As healthcare providers scramble to realize the promise of clinically coordinated care, a recent decision from the Federal Trade Commission shows that regulators are giving doctors and hospitals more leeway to set up new models that don't involve sweeping corporate acquisitions.
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Publicly traded hospital systems weathered a volatile year with a buoyant run in the stock market—but financial results coming out of earnings season were more tempered.
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Now that many office-based physicians and a majority of hospitals have used electronic health-records systems for a year or longer, the federal government will work on nudging providers to get better at sharing the contents.
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For the colleges and universities that train the next generation of healthcare leaders, health reform's wave of new regulation and market activity has prompted new faculty hires and new curricula.
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Worries about low state Medicaid rates are growing as at least 25 states appear poised to undertake a historic broadening of their Medicaid programs' eligibility, according to health policy experts.
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For Dr. Denton Cooley, the world-renowned cardiovascular surgeon who performed the first successful human heart transplant in the U.S. and founded the Texas Heart Institute, there are countless stories that extol his accomplishments, inventions and honors over a 60-year career. And then there are...
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In the late 1970s, shortly after giving up her post as head of the Catholic Hospital Association, Sister Mary Maurita Sengelaub didn't seek another position at the pinnacle of healthcare administration. Instead, she threw herself into a campaign to provide healthcare for seasonal farmworkers in...
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Consolidating hospitals and slashing a hospital's bed count were considered unusual decades ago in the once-sleepy world of the hospital industry. But Donald Wegmiller is one of the industry leaders who helped make such moves much more commonplace, and in the process helped to invent the integrated...
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In addition to the three healthcare visionaries inducted into the Hall of Fame this year, 92 others have been inducted since its inception in 1988.Percy Allen IIInducted in 2011
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ISHPEMING, Mich.—LifePoint Hospitals, Brentwood, Tenn., forged its second deal in Michigan in less than a week as the company seeks to build a presence in the state's Upper Peninsula. The publicly traded system made its first purchase in Michigan last year when it acquired Marquette...
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PITTSBURGH—Insurer Highmark closed on a deal for its first hospital under a costly plan to diversify and compete with the region's well-financed and largest health system. Jefferson Regional Medical Center, in Jefferson Hills, Pa., will receive $100 million for capital projects under...
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ORANGE, Calif.—St. Joseph Health and Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, Calif., reached a deal to create a new health system. Executives said some details were not yet final, but the transaction consolidates control over operations and strategy for five St. Joseph...
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Though the U.S. has already spent more than half the $22.5 billion earmarked for computerizing medical records, there has been achingly slow progress in creating an accessible, interoperable system that works for patients.
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As a 30+ year veteran of the Veterans Affairs Department's VistA system and an Air Force veteran, I totally agree with your reporter (“The right and wrong decision,”) that...
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A list of 42 of the nation's largest master's programs in health administration, ranked by total number of full-time students enrolled in the 2012-13 school year. Source: Modern Healthcare's 2013 Master's Programs in Health Administration Survey. Published March 11, 2013, p. 46.
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Greg Vigdor is the new president and CEO of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association as of March 4. Vigdor joins the Phoenix-based organization from Seattle, where he has been president and CEO of the Washington Health Foundation since its founding in 1992. Vigdor takes over the...
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The National Institutes of Health is the world's premier medical science funding agency and has long held a special place in congressional hearts. It's hard to say no when your mission is finding the causes and cures for dreaded diseases. And when 80% of your $30 billion annual budget goes to...
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