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Four physician informaticists and the leader of a health information exchange have been named winners of the 2013 annual awards for outstanding achievement in applied medical informatics given by the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, the organization for physician...
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The Obama administration issued the rules Monday to carry out a major hospital Medicaid cut, even as it is trying to delay the reduction scheduled to begin in five months.
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The Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy, which already operates under an unprecedented consent decree banning sales of many of its products in the U.S., agreed to plead guilty in federal court and pay $500 million to resolve allegations of shoddy factory inspections and poor quality control.
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An eight-year initiative aimed at improving healthcare quality and lowering costs has entered its final phase, and its director says the project's lessons could serve as best practices for healthcare providers across the nation.
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In his book "The Good Nurse," Charles Graeber chronicles the crimes of critical-care nurse Charles Cullen, who killed dozens of patients. Graeber discusses the book with reporter Joe Carlson.
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had a breakthrough year in 2012, and its top scientist, Dr. George Yancopoulos, led Modern Healthcare's list of the health industry's highest-paid execs for the year.
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A showdown is shaping up between federal healthcare privacy regulators and the nation's largest pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers over a healthcare privacy rule affecting upwards of 100 million prescription-refill reminders sent to patients each year.
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An orthopedic clinic in Raleigh, N.C., was apparently the latest victim of a scam in which patient X-ray films are destroyed by scammers to harvest the silver they contain, according to a privacy-breach notification involving 17,300 patients.
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Just ahead of Mother's Day, President Barack Obama on Friday spoke from the White House about the ways his signature healthcare law will help millions of American women and their families.
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Total spending on prescription drugs declined last year as more Americans filled prescriptions for lower-cost generics and some filled fewer prescriptions in general, according to a new study.
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