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Almost one in five hospital patients was injured by their care, according to a study of 10 U.S. hospitals published in the New England Journal of Medicine that found little improvement from industry and government efforts to improve safety, reports Bloomberg Businessweek.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
UnitedHealth Group Inc., one of the nation's largest health insurers, predicts that a majority of Americans could have diabetes or pre-diabetes by 2020, at a cost of $3.35 trillion to the health care system over the next 10 years, reports the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Gilead Sciences Inc.'s Truvada, sold to subdue the AIDS- causing virus in those already infected, cut the risk gay and bisexual men had of contracting HIV by 44 percent when taken in a daily dose, according to findings published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, Bloomberg Businessweek reported.
Galleon Pharmaceuticals Inc. in suburban Philadelphia has raised $10 million to help discover medicines to treat breathing control conditions, like sleep apnea and COPD.
Huge budget shortfalls are prompting a handful of states including Washington, Texas and South Carolina to begin discussing a once-unthinkable scenario: dropping out of the Medicaid insurance program for the poor, reports the Wall Street Journal.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
On Wall Street, you're only as good as your next acquisition. Try telling that to Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT). While the Fridley, Minnesota, device maker has made several "tuck in" acquisitions in recent years, it's been a long time since it made a mega deal that consolidates industries.
The Senate has passed by unanimous consent legislation temporarily halting the 23 percent cut in physician payments under Medicare that was scheduled to take effect on Dec. 1, reports MedPage Today.
Health insurers last year gave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce $86.2 million that was used to oppose the healthcare overhaul law, according to tax records and people familiar with the donation, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
Epocrates Inc. -- the San Mateo, California, company that makes mobile drug reference tools -- has acquired Modality Inc. in Durham, North Carolina, for $13.8 million in cash. Modality develops digital learning, assessment, training and reference applications for Apple iPad, iPhone and iPhone Touch mobile devices. Its acquisition will expand Epocrates' product portfolio and Apple app-development workforce.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Healthcare company chief executives took home the biggest paychecks -- a median of $10 million -- of any industry covered by the recent Wall Street Journal CEO Compensation Study, according to the news organization's Health blog. CEOs from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Boston Scientific and Johnson & Johnson were among the top 20 in the list. Unitedhealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley got the biggest raise last year.
Universal Health Services Inc. in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, has acquired rival Psychiatric Solutions Inc. for $3.1 billion, making the now $7 billion company the country's largest owner of freestanding inpatient psychiatric facilities, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A group of 35 economists, including three Nobel laureates, asked a U.S. judge for permission to file a brief backing the Obama administration's bid to end a lawsuit challenging its healthcare overhaul, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. On the other hand...
Cleveland Clinic executives told employees Tuesday morning that the health system is planning to eliminate about 200 jobs to consolidate services at a few hospitals.
The Burrill Report talked to Tevi Troy (podcast), former deputy secretary of Health and Human Services in the Bush Administration and a visiting senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, about the newly elected Congress, what it means for healthcare reform and why Republicans may face challenges moving from symbolic to substantive battles over the legislation.