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Kaiser Permanente CIO Philip Fasano explains the healthcare giant's embrace of mobile technology and how electronic records have paid off.
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Pittsburgh-based insurer Highmark fulfilled its drawn out and widely watched bid to buy a struggling local hospital system and revitalize it as the core of an integrated delivery network.
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Food service companies and hospitals say the move toward healthier food options on hospital menus and cafeterias is shaping purchasing practices, food contracts and business strategies.
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Hundreds of hospitals saved a collective $32 million in 2012 by reprocessing single-use medical devices, a practice that was highlighted by the Healthier Hospitals Initiative in its first milestone report detailing the program's results over the past year.
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Healthcare spending in the U.S. dwarfs what other industrialized nations pay as a percentage of their economies. That appears to be true, too, for the prices paid for many services, drugs and devices. The International Federation of Health Plans is collecting data that its members (more than 100 in...
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Private insurers in the U.S. last year paid significantly more—up to 25 times as much in one case—for common procedures, hospital and doctor visits and prescriptions when compared with private and public insurers in 10 other countries, a report shows.
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CVS Caremark Corp.'s attempt to nudge employees into a rigorous wellness program blew up into a minor media mess for the company.
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More than 40% of employees opted for a less expensive plan than what they previously had when their employers offered them coverage through a private health insurance exchange, according to an Aon Hewitt analysis released Monday.
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One safety net health system seeks to double its size and operate more like a health plan to prepare for reform.
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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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