A recent analysis by Milliman found North Carolina's Medicaid care management program, Community Care of North Carolina, saved $984 million in state and federal funding from 2007 to 2010, according to an American Medical News report.
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The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent. 1. Nathan Howell joined St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., as chief operating officer. 2. UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas announced John Warner…
Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Mass., will soon open its new emergency department that can treat twice the amount of patients as the previous department, according to a Herald News report.
Providing patients with personal health records has little impact on their biological outcomes, satisfaction with care or use of health services, according to a study in the Journal of American Medical Information Association.
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson filed a lawsuit against Accretive Health, accused of failing to protect confidential information of 23,500 hospital patients, according to a Fox News report.
Health information exchange is a key goal of the HITECH Act and meaningful use program, as it is designed to enable the secure transmission of data between healthcare providers. The American Health Information Management Association named HIE as one of…
The National Quality Forum has endorsed 64 measures that cover patient safety, cardiovascular care and other aspects of patient care.
A review of the National Quality Forum's activity showed that although the group completed or made progress on 60 of 63 projects, NQF did not meet or did not expect to meet the initial time frames approved by HHS for…
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has launched a new Health Care Innovations website to highlight efforts across Maryland to enhance patient care, improve health and control costs.
The National Union of Healthcare Workers has notified Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif., of the union's intent to engage in a 24-hour statewide strike on Jan. 31.