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Charlotte, N.C. - Health systems continue to focus on engaging and collaborating with physicians to advance purchasing efficiency. While progress is being made, some physicians aren't buying in, according to the Premier healthcare alliance's spring 2013 Economic...

All across the country, hospitals and doctors have been drawing new alliances to create sprawling "accountable care organizations" meant to make it easier for primary care doctors and specialists to work together to keep people healthy and avoid expensive...

Huge list prices charged by hospitals are drawing increased attention, but a federal law meant to limit what patients can be billed doesn't seem to be making much difference. A provision in the healthcare overhaul says most hospitals must charge uninsured patients no...

Medtronic Inc.'s SynchroMed infusion pumps were found to have four flaws that have led to 14 patient deaths, spurring U.S. regulators to issue their most serious recall on the implantable device used to deliver pain and other medications. Medtronic, the world's...

U.S. manufacturers are facing heightened concerns over rising costs and tightened operational regulations, according to a recent report from BDO USA, a professional services firm. Many manufacturing firms were also concerned about changing Environmental Protection...

Skilled nursing facility administrators need to do a complete review of antibiotics to better combat multi-drug resistant organisms, an infection control expert said in May. “If you don't look, you don't know,” warned Gail Bennett, MSN, RN, CIC, co-founder of ICP...

China - An American executive said Monday he has been held hostage for four days at his medical supply plant in Beijing by scores of workers demanding severance packages like those given to 30 co-workers in a phased-out department. Chip Starnes, 42, a co-owner of...

Senior housing occupancy has been edging upward in recent quarters pressured by demand outpacing supply, and the industry is poised for more gains as the overall housing market experiences a similar trend. “In recent years, the housing market acted as a headwind for...

Hospitals and healthcare organizations should brace for a 3 to 4 percent food price increase projected by both the USDA and the American Farm Bureau Federation. Despite one of the worst droughts on record in the Midwest, food prices remained relatively flat last year....

Despite business disruptions from Superstorm Sandy less than one year ago, few people living in coastal areas in the U.S. have taken action to prepare for severe storms, according to a new survey from the American Red Cross. Weather forecasters have predicted a rough...