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Medical, nursing schools need to work together

 Patty Enrado November 11, 2009
Medical and nursing schools should collaborate and evolve their curricula to promote team-based care, according to stakeholders at a summit sponsored by the New England Healthcare Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Doctors support a public plan. Do you?

 Action for Better Healthcare September 16, 2009
In a New England Journal of Medicine poll released this week we learned that a strong majority of doctors (63 percent) support a public health insurance option.
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NEHI calls for wellness campaign to curb chronic illness and lower costs in Massachusetts

 Chelsey Ledue July 01, 2009
As Massachusetts faces rising healthcare costs driven by sharp increases in costly, preventable chronic illnesses, the New England Healthcare Institute and the Boston Foundation have released new research highlighting the “vital importance” of improving wellness in the commonwealth.
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Primary care provider shortage requires innovative solutions

 Patty Enrado June 10, 2009
The New England Healthcare Institute's recently released report, "Remaking Primary Care: From Crisis to Opportunity," highlights the issues surrounding the primary care physician shortage and offers recommendations to alleviate the problem.
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Boston Medical Center, Bank of America to assist with payments transformation

 Industry News Release June 03, 2009
Bank of America announced today that Boston Medical Center, the largest safety net hospital in New England, has chosen Bank of America to transform a significant portion of the hospital's Accounts Payable paper checks into electronic payments.
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NEHI research identifies new approaches to primary care shortage

 Chelsey Ledue May 26, 2009
According to The New England Healthcare Institute, the primary care crisis is the "confluence of a rising demand for primary care and a decreasing supply of professionals providing these services."
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Physicians can lead healthcare reform through payment and delivery system reforms

 Chelsey Ledue May 22, 2009
According to the New England Journal of Medicine, physicians should play a leading role in achieving healthcare reform by helping achieve a guaranteed 1.5 percent annual savings in healthcare costs that would pay for covering all Americans.
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Maine HIMSS panelists talk IT, finance in current economy

 Chelsey Ledue October 22, 2008
Panelists at the New England HIMSS Chapter Conference on HIT, held Oct 17 in South Portland, say it will take a lot of work to correct technical and financial problems in the healthcare industry....
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Expert says Medical Home can save money, but depends on IT

 Molly Merrill October 20, 2008
The so-called "medical home" concept is critically dependent on information technology, said David Howes, MD, president and CEO of Martin's Point Health Care, a not-for-profit healthcare org...
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Clean up the claims adjudication process

 Fred Bazzoli December 06, 2006
PROVIDERS ARE painfully aware that they pay billions of dollars to support the claims adjudication process. Payers pretty much know the same thing. Well, then, this should be easy. Someone...
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