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AMA Offers Solutions To Help Promote HIT Adoption
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AMA meeting to shape policy on emerging issues in medicine
By Chelsey Ledue http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com CHICAGO – Medical tourism and medical student debt burden and its impact on the physician shortage, are two of the hot topics to be discussed at a five-day meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency. The meeting starts Saturday. The annual meeting of the AMA’s House of […]
Medical group forms company that offers malpractice insurance
By Liv Osby http://www.greenvilleonline.com The South Carolina Medical Association has formed a new company to offer malpractice insurance to physicians in the state. The South Carolina Physicians Assurance Company is designed as a safety net should commercial carriers leave the market during an earnings downturn, said Todd Atwater, CEO of SCMA and president of the […]
The cost of hospital care is difficult to pin down
By Stacey Burling http://www.philly.com
Who moved my stent? RFID technology helps hospitals keep track of medical devices, and could even save lives
By Mark Baard The UMass Memorial Medical Center is striking: Its high-rise hospital building, helipad, and sprawling medical school campus tower over Worcester’s Lake Quinsigamond. It’s a monument to Massachusetts’ role as a healthcare leader and symbolizes an industry known for its miracle-making – and its out-of-control costs. But behind UMass Memorial’s bricks and mortar, […]
U. of C. OKs hospital pavilion plan
By Bruce Japsen http://www.chicagotribune.com
US Oncology Manufacturing-Inspired Practice Management Model Producing Quality and Efficiency Improvements
PRNewswire http://www.earthtimes.org
Highmark Inc. Moves Forward With Funding for Physician Adoption of Health Information Technology
PRNewswire http://www.foxbusiness.com Highmark Inc. announced today that it is contributing $29 million to help physicians acquire ePrescribing/eHealth Record technology for their practices. This initiative is an alternative to a similar program Highmark announced in 2005 in which the company contributed significant funding to promote the adoption of health information technology by physicians. Highmark contributed the […]
Ontario to clear way for more foreign-trained MDs
Maria Babbage http://www.thestar.com
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