A study conducted by the RAND Corp. found that pay-for-performance programs helped speed physician's adoption of new information technology systems, such as EHR, but further research is needed to determine how well they work and what systems work the best,…
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A study from the University of Maryland found that poor communication costs hospitals $12 billion annually, according to a news release from UMD's Robert H. Smith School of Business.
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The federal government has joined a whistleblower lawsuit again Community Health Systems, based in Franklin, Tenn., according to a report in the Nashville Business Journal.
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