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New Yorkers are being invited to weigh in on the design of a website that will let them access their medical records online
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The state attorney general's office says it's investigating a company that has become New York's largest private contract provider of jail medical services.
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NEW YORK—Amid upheaval in Brooklyn's hospital industry, a study released last week captures the health needs of residents in some of the borough's poorer neighborhoods who suffer from high rates of chronic illness. Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Brownsville and Crown Heights residents...
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Healthcare workers who don't get flu shots will now be required to wear face masks on the job. Low vaccination rates among care givers prompted state regulators Thursday to pass the amendment to public health codes.
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Amid upheaval in Brooklyn's hospital industry, a study released Wednesday captures the health needs of residents in some of the borough's poorer neighborhoods who suffer from high rates of chronic illness.
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A cardiologist with offices in New York City and New Jersey has admitted taking part in a scheme that subjected thousands of patients to unnecessary tests and treatment and resulted in $19 million in bogus bills, the largest case of healthcare fraud ever by a practitioner in either state,...
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The broken leg felt round the country — during college basketball's showcase event — left teammates and coaches in tears and television networks turning away from video of the gruesome injury. It also inflamed the debate about the treatment and care of unpaid college athletes who help...
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In a scathing rebuke of the Obama administration, a federal judge ruled Friday that age restrictions on over-the-counter sales of the morning-after pill are "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable" and must end within 30 days.
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Two private-sector initiatives to promote health information exchange received a total of $480,000 in federal grants to collaborate with the government on developing governance models for exchange activities.
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The new CEO at Accretive Health, the beleaguered revenue-cycle management company, faces the challenging task of moving the company beyond its immediate financial problems and the glare of national publicity stemming from its allegedly aggressive billing collection practices.
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