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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, September 29, 2011
The Department of Health and Human Services is recruiting private payers to participate in the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, a four-year Medicare shared savings pilot aimed at primary care physicians.
By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, September 29, 2011
Officials at Parkland Memorial Hospital has signed an agreement with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that will allow the Dallas hospital to remain open while it attempts to correct deficiencies that threatened its closure.
By: Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, September 29, 2011
In developing health information technology programs and policies, the government has not paid enough attention to patients, concedes a top official of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. That may be about to change.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, September 29, 2011
Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners and technical occupations increased by 17,900 listings in September, marking the second consecutive month of impressive gains for the sector, The Conference Board reports.
By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, September 28, 2011
The uninsured have become a catch-all for almost everything wrong in healthcare today. Now researchers have found that it's true. Underinsurance pulls down healthcare for the insured – and for society.
By: Anna Webster, for HealthLeaders Media, September 28, 2011
Do you know what your patients fear the most about healthcare? Understanding and addressing those anxieties can improve the patient experience and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems scores. Here's how Memorial Hospital and Health System is confronting and defusing patient fears.
By: Alexandra Wilson Pecci, for HealthLeaders Media, September 28, 2011
An innovative process improvement program increases patient and nurse satisfaction, while boosting rural hospitals’ recruitment and retention of nurses.
By: September 26, 2011
79% of leaders say physicians’ support of collaborative care is mixed or unsure, according to this HealthLeaders Media Intelligence Report. Get the free report with exclusive research and analysis. http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/intelligence/091/industry-insight-report.html.
By: August 23, 2011
Date: October 26, 2011
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