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When it comes to surgery, businesses increasingly want workers to shop around

It's all part of a growing movement by employers fed up with wildly different price tags for routine operations. In response, businesses are showering workers with generous incentives - including waiving deductibles or handing out $2,500 bonuses - to steer them to these top-performing providers offering bargain prices.

20 Nov 2012

Drug shortages a new way of life in providing care; Lawmakers call for investigation

As health care facilities struggle to keep inventories of key medicines, some are resorting to risky practices. Meanwhile, six members of Congress seek GAO probe of pharmaceutical contracting so see if it has hurt generic drugmakers and added to shortages.

20 Nov 2012

Studies suggest doctors, dentists can't keep up with health law's insurance expansion

Two studies find that primary-care doctors will be in short supply in the future.

20 Nov 2012

Music therapy can be beneficial to patients before and after surgical procedures

A new study review published by the University of Kentucky found that music therapy can be beneficial to patients before, during and after a surgical procedure and may reduce pain and recovery time.

20 Nov 2012

Even as leaders appear 'upbeat' after 'fiscal cliff' meeting, taxes, benefit programs remain flashpoints

President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, appeared optimistic about a deal to avert automatic spending cuts and tax increases, but major issues must be tackled.

20 Nov 2012

International community must allocate resources to fund 'ambitious' Global Fund strategy against TB

Noting the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria met last week to discuss progress in fighting the three diseases, Lucy Chesire, executive director and secretary to the board of the TB ACTION Group, interviews Lucica Ditiu, executive secretary of the Stop TB Partnership, about the global response to tuberculosis (TB) in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog.

20 Nov 2012

Gifts That Give announces partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Gifts That Give, Inc., the popular social commerce site with a strong charitable mission, announced its inaugural partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital by joining the St. Jude Thanks and Giving campaign.

20 Nov 2012

Truven Health Analytics expands Micromedex CareNotes System

Truven Health Analytics, formerly the Healthcare business of Thomson Reuters, today announced the expansion of the Micromedex CareNotes System patient education solution to include a total of 600 educational handouts in Arabic.

20 Nov 2012

3DISC to introduce QuantorMed+ Imaging Software at RSNA annual meeting

3DISC, a manufacturer of digital imaging solutions, will introduce its next-generation QuantorMed+ and QuantorVet+ Imaging Software at the 2012 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in Chicago Nov. 25-30 (Booth #4406).

20 Nov 2012

3DISC to debut FireCR+M Readers at RSNA annual meeting

3DISC, a manufacturer of digital imaging solutions, will debut its next-generation FireCR+M Medical and FireCR+M Veterinary Readers at the 2012 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in Chicago Nov. 25-30 (Booth #4406).

20 Nov 2012

Illuminate PatientView to be introduced at Radiological Society of North America meeting

Illuminate PatientView, the newest application of Softek Illuminate's search engine and data aggregation technology, will be introduced at the Radiological Society of North America's annual meeting Nov. 25-30 at Chicago's McCormick Place and demonstrated by Softek associates in booth 9141.

20 Nov 2012

International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals symposium to be held in Nevada

The International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (iaedp) announces its 2013 Symposium slated for March 21-24 at the Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort and Spa in Henderson, Nevada. The program is celebrating its 27th year with five keynote speakers as headliners addressing innovative approaches to eating disorder treatment as well as thirty-two workshop presenters and preconference training sessions.

20 Nov 2012

Public supports updating federal laws that require internet safety standards to protect kids

The Internet is full of information, but also full of real risks for children, like online predators or the pitfalls of losing privacy when kids share too much information. In a new University of Michigan poll, the majority of the public supports updating federal laws that require Internet safety standards to protect kids.

20 Nov 2012

FDA clears TomTec’s new Image-Com 5 software solution

TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH announces the FDA 510(k) clearance for its new Image-Com 5 software solution.

19 Nov 2012

Roundup: Wyo. conservatives ponder election; Ill. Insurer to buy Montana Blues; Calif. nurses plan new strike

But since the election, a blanket of baffled worry has descended on conservatives here like early snow across the plains, deepening a sense that traditional, rural and overwhelmingly white states in the center of the country are losing touch with an increasingly diverse and urban American electorate.

19 Nov 2012

Aetna, Glens Falls Hospital announce new multiyear agreement

Glens Falls Hospital and Aetna today announced a new multiyear agreement. Glens Falls will remain an "in-network" provider of care for Aetna members.

19 Nov 2012

Ai Cure Technologies presents AiView digital health solution at CNS Summit

New York City-based Ai Cure Technologies opened the Innovation Showcase at CNS Summit in Boca Raton, Fla, with a presentation of its flagship digital health solution, AiView.

19 Nov 2012

Altitude Organic introduces national caregiver management program in Arizona

Altitude Organic Corp, a subsidiary of Tranzbyte Corporation is pleased to announce it has launched its Altitude Organic national caregiver management program in Arizona.

19 Nov 2012

Viewpoints: 'Bad idea' about repealing Medicare cost board; Conservatives say health law repeal fight is not over

House Republicans like to talk about the need to find common ground with President Obama to make progress on important national issues, especially after the election. Yet within days, they were setting an agenda to eliminate an important element of his signature domestic achievement, the Affordable Care Act.

19 Nov 2012

New 8 Series Electronic Health Record Content from NextGen Healthcare

NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today the launch of its new 8 Series Electronic Health Record (EHR) Content, its most advanced EHR, boasting enhanced usability, configurability and adoptability.

19 Nov 2012

Healthcare News

When it comes to surgery, businesses increasingly want workers to shop around

Drug shortages a new way of life in providing care; Lawmakers call for investigation

Studies suggest doctors, dentists can't keep up with health law's insurance expansion

Music therapy can be beneficial to patients before and after surgical procedures

Even as leaders appear 'upbeat' after 'fiscal cliff' meeting, taxes, benefit programs remain flashpoints

International community must allocate resources to fund 'ambitious' Global Fund strategy against TB

Gifts That Give announces partnership with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Truven Health Analytics expands Micromedex CareNotes System

3DISC to introduce QuantorMed+ Imaging Software at RSNA annual meeting

3DISC to debut FireCR+M Readers at RSNA annual meeting

Illuminate PatientView to be introduced at Radiological Society of North America meeting

International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals symposium to be held in Nevada

Public supports updating federal laws that require internet safety standards to protect kids

FDA clears TomTec’s new Image-Com 5 software solution

Roundup: Wyo. conservatives ponder election; Ill. Insurer to buy Montana Blues; Calif. nurses plan new strike

Aetna, Glens Falls Hospital announce new multiyear agreement

Ai Cure Technologies presents AiView digital health solution at CNS Summit

Altitude Organic introduces national caregiver management program in Arizona

Viewpoints: 'Bad idea' about repealing Medicare cost board; Conservatives say health law repeal fight is not over

New 8 Series Electronic Health Record Content from NextGen Healthcare

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