| Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare | Healthcare industry giants pledge to ease interoperability, EHR use | | Monday, February 29, 2016 9:00 PM | |
| | The 17 IT companies that made the pledge include Allscripts, athenahealth, Cerner Corp., Epic Systems and Meditech. They provide records systems to 90% of the hospitals in the country. Providers include Ascension, Geisinger, HCA, Intermountain and... |
| Opioid treatment bill moves forward in Senate | | Monday, February 29, 2016 6:07 PM | |
| | The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act would finance state-level programs that improve education and access to treatment for people misusing prescription opioid medications. |
| Obama administration backs off on ACA rules for 2017 health plans | | Monday, February 29, 2016 5:15 PM | |
| | In a major win for the industry, health insurers will not be forced to have minimum quantitative standards when designing their networks of hospitals and doctors for 2017, nor will they have to offer standardized options in health plans. |
| Moody's downgrades Broward Health after death of CEO | | Monday, February 29, 2016 5:12 PM | |
| | The embattled Broward Health system faced more bad news Friday. Moody's Investors Service downgraded its bond rating, citing changing leadership, heightened scrutiny on the system and losses from a recent legal settlement. |
| Blog: Halamka gives EHR advancements a C+ | | Monday, February 29, 2016 2:15 PM | |
| | In a presentation that leaned heavily on his personal experience and his own family's interactions with health IT while seeking care, Dr. John Halamka, CIO at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, gave EHR systems a grade of C+;... |
| FDA recommends black box on Essure, says it requires further study | | Monday, February 29, 2016 11:32 AM | |
| | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is recommending that Bayer Healthcare place a black box warning on Essure, a form of birth control it manufactures that has led to thousands of adverse event reports, including some deaths. Bayer must also... |
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