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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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It takes some pluck to drive in West Virginia, probably to live there, too, amid the many mountains, valleys, hills and “hollers.” As one plucky experiment in open-source health information technology ends in the Mountain State, another continues to thrive.
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A new Senate funding bill omits resources the Obama administration sought to launch healthcare reform.
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HHS is bracing itself for the automatic federal budget cuts set to take effect next week, but it does not have a projection of how many department employees will be affected by the spending reductions.
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The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has announced a grant for more than $4 million to help establish a new national family medicine residency program.
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On one side of the Los Angeles Sports Arena, doctors treated patients. On the other, health workers enrolled them in a free coverage program in preparation for the federal healthcare overhaul.
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Frederick Pegues Jr. had just finished a course in being a community health worker, sponsored by Temple University Hospital. Yet he himself had not been able to get the help he needed.
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An executive order signed by President Barack Obama launched a pilot program with HHS-funded facilities to reduce veterans' mental healthcare wait times. The order directed the Veterans Affairs Department to establish with HHS at least 15 pilot sites where veterans on waiting lists could receive...
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Central Maine Healthcare has filed a letter of intent with the state to take a controlling stake in Parkview Adventist Medical Center (Brunswick, Maine), which prompted neighboring Mid Coast Hospital to file a competing proposal that would essentially absorb Parkview, according to documents filed...
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Five U.S. hospitals collectively will receive as much as $200 million in federal funding to train advanced-practice registered nurses during the next four years, HHS announced Monday.
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