Medford, Mass.-based Hallmark Health System announced the launch of a new patient-centered transfer process for patients admitted from the emergency department.
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St. Louis-based SSM Health Care has acquired multispecialty medical group Shawnee (Okla.) Medical Center Clinic.
In an interview with the British newspaper The Guardian, former CMS administrator Donald Berwick, MD, said he doesn't think healthcare in the United States "will ever go back" to a pre-reform state.
Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital and Rochester (N.Y.) General Health System have decided not to affiliate after considering a deal for four months, according to a Rochester Business Journal report.
Danville, Ill.-based Provena Health has named Charles C. Canver, MD, as vice president for medical affairs and CMO.
For accountable care organizations to be successful, they must provide integrated information access across providers, settings and activities. And in order to integrate, ACOs need health information technology solutions.
CMS' Innovation Center has announced the final batch of recipients for the Health Care Innovation Awards, which recognize 81 projects nationwide.
Senate Republicans are demanding to know why health officials signed a $20 million public relations contract to promote the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Hill report.
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The Senate Appropriations Committee voted on Thursday to approve a fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill that provides $71 billion in discretionary funding for HHS programs, according to an AHA News Now report.