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Federal funding for a program to cover children lacking health insurance runs out in three months. Most states, even those experiencing funding shortfalls, are looking at various methods of expanding...

The Department of Health and Human Services announced late Friday the resignation of David Brailer, MD as vice chair of the American Health Information Community. Brailer, form...

TEMPLE, TX – The effects of the nursing shortage on outpatient centers are similar to those on hospitals, but clinics are at a disadvantage as they compete for the same nursing supply with hospi...

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN – Three health plans have completed beta testing of Ingenix’s real-time medical underwriting solution. The application, now generally available, is designed...

Charitable giving has taken a significant downturn for the nation's charity hospitals, as donations of at least $1 million to not-for-profit facilities in the first three months of 2007 are down 35 pe...

NEW ORLEANS – Demolished hospital facilities, an exodus of healthcare workers and a skyrocketing number of people requiring urgent care are part of the legacy of havoc that Hurricane Katrina dro...

NEW YORK – As if hospitals and integrated delivery networks don’t have enough on their plates, effectively managing the entire patient relationship or customer experience has become a busi...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – Cigna HealthCare’s April announcement that the health plan would deploy Intuit’s online health tool, Quicken Health, to its members in 2008 marks an early victory...

WellPoint health ousts CFO over misconduct Top executives at WellPoint Health Networks Inc. have requested and received the resignation of David C. Colby, the company’s chief...

LONDON – Picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) have moved mainstream in North America and Europe. The imaging systems, once regarded by clinicians as pricey and cumberso...