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By Bernie Monegain | 12:49 pm | February 11, 2009
Medicare programs designed to boost the care of chronically ill patients while reducing hospital admissions and saving costs have largely failed, a new government-contracted study concludes.
By Diana Manos | 12:38 pm | February 11, 2009
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said it will take more than what's in the stimulus package to reform U.S. healthcare.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:03 pm | February 11, 2009
The widespread use of healthcare information technology is a critical first step to curing much of what ails the healthcare system, the heads of three national healthcare organizations say in a "Shared Roadmap and Vision for Health IT," released Wednesday.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:41 am | February 11, 2009
Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions announced on Tuesday it plans to sell its Medication Services business.
By Diana Manos | 02:50 pm | February 10, 2009
The Senate voted 61 to 37 Tuesday afternoon to approve an $838 billion stimulus package, according to The Washington Post.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:00 pm | February 10, 2009
San Jose, Calif.-based healthcare IT company Axolotl has created a four-person team dedicated to building New York's statewide health information network. The SHIN-NY development team will work with the New York Department of Health and the New York eHealth Collaborative.
By Diana Manos | 11:57 am | February 10, 2009
President Barack Obama pushed the urgency of an economic stimulus package during his first televised national address Monday night. Included in that package, he said, is funding for healthcare IT.
By Molly Merrill | 11:30 am | February 10, 2009
Huron Valley Physicians Association, an independent physician association, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is joining My One Health Information Exchange (my1HIE), an HIE formed by physician organizations in Southeast Michigan.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:01 am | February 10, 2009
The market for bringing healthcare data from disparate sources into one view is growing by leaps, according to a new study from KLAS, a healthcare research firm based in Orem, Utah. The study notes that software giant Microsoft is rapidly expanding its footprint in what KLAS calls an emerging aggregation market.
By Molly Merrill | 10:42 am | February 10, 2009
Two physician-class-action lawsuits have been filed against Aetna Health, Inc. and the CIGNA Corporation.