Novation, a healthcare supply contracting company, has released its Drug Price Forecast Summary Report, Winter 2012, outlining projected drug price inflation summary projections and overviews of the top five therapeutic categories based on purchase volume.
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Today's Supreme Court hearing suggested that Justice Anthony M. Kennedy may be the deciding vote in whether the individual mandate is constitutional, according to a SCOTUS blog report.
A survey of MRSA colonization at 590 healthcare facilities revealed an increased prevalence of the multidrug-resistant organism, though researchers say the increase may be attributed to increasingly active surveillance, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection…
Millard Fillmore Hospital, a Kaleida Health facility in Buffalo, N.Y., will be closing tomorrow morning, according to a Buffalo News report.