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For the third time since early 2011, the House of Representatives approved legislation to fully repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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Physicians and nurse practitioners agree that NPs should practice “to the full extent of their license.” But the two groups strongly disagree on whether doctors and nurse practitioners should receive equal pay for providing the same services and on whether NPs can lead a...
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The New York eHealth Collaborative has announced the three winners of its Patient Portal for New Yorkers Design Challenge, launched earlier this year in which designers submitted portal prototypes for the not-for-profit organization.
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An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his grimy, "house of horrors" clinic.
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Cancer patients could face high costs for medications under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, industry analysts and advocates warn. Where you live could make a huge difference in what you'll pay.
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One of the most disturbing challenges faced by American healthcare is the enormous geographic variability in both access and quality. We are one nation, and no matter which state we live in, we are all Americans. But (to paraphrase Bono) where we live actually determines if we live.
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Using mobile health technology to monitor patients in poor urban areas could improve residents' access to healthcare while also reducing healthcare spending, a study conducted in a Rio de Janeiro hillside "favela" slum suggests.
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Kentucky's Medicaid program will expand to cover hundreds of thousands of additional people, Gov. Steve Beshear said Thursday.
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Deano Thornton, CEO of Winn Community Health Center, a federally qualified healthcare center in the small city of Winnfield, La., knew the clinic would need the most up-to-date tools for reaching out to his underserved community and coordinating with the other community health clinics across the...
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Louisiana is almost entirely rural with just 27% of its people living outside major metropolitan areas. But no state faced greater challenges in bringing electronic health records to its rural areas in the past decade.
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