A survey of members of the California Association of Physician Groups reveals physician groups in that state are “well-equipped” to provide high-value patient care.
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Overall healthcare utilization trends were flat or decreasing from 2007 to 2010, according to the Health Care Cost Institute's Health Care Cost and Utilization Report: 2010 (pdf).
The U.S. market for both generalized and localized anesthesia drugs is expected to grow nearly four percent to be worth $7 billion by 2015, according to a MedReps report.
Using in-hospital mortality for intensive care unit patients as a hospital quality measure disadvantages large hospitals and academic hospitals due to discharge bias, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2012 International Conference in San Francisco.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it is issuing draft guidelines proposing that all U.S. baby boomers — defined as individuals born from 1945 to 1965 — get a one-time test for hepatitis C.
Marshall Medical Centers in Guntersville and Boaz, Ala., is planning an $8.6 million cancer center, according to a report by The Sand Mountain Reporter.
Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System and Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., are in talks to create a partnership for specialty pediatric programs and research, according to a Washington Business Journal report.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has created an Office of the Chief Medical Officer and an Office of Consumer eHealth, according to an ONC report.
UnitedHealthcare, based in Minnetonka, Minn., has announced a data breach affecting at least 68 individuals enrolled in its Medicare plans across the state of Missouri, according to a KY3 report.
Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C., has changed its logo to reflect its partnership with the Chapel Hill-based UNC Health Care System.