Stanford (Calif.) University announced a new $1 billion campaign to support medical research, education and a new hospital.
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The EHR Association, representing software developers and electronic health record vendors, has submitted comments on the Stage 2 meaningful use proposed rule.
The merger between South Jersey Health System in Vineland, N.J., and Underwood-Memorial Health Systems based in Woodbury, N.J., should complete this August pending regulatory approval, according to a Press of Atlantic City report.
Martin Tursky, president and CEO of Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket, has announced his resignation, effective June 30, to serve as president and CEO of Firelands Regional Health System in Sandusky, Ohio.
Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve its criminal and civil liability stemming from its off-label promotion of Depakote, a drug that controls seizures.
The American Medical Association and 98 state and specialty medical societies detailed recommendations for improvement in their comments on CMS' Stage 2 proposed rule for the Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program.
Lincoln Hospital in Bronx, N.Y., is conducting an internal investigation into a surgical fire that may have burned a patient, according to a New York Post report.
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital found a training program may help increase resident physicians' empathy with patients and improve patients' perceptions of their providers.
Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio will study a blood test designed to rapidly detect bacterial infections, according to a Plain Dealer report.
A study conducted by researchers at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute and the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science suggests certain factors, including patients' fear of being labeled "difficult," could hamper shared decision making.