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Feb 14 | Jeff Lagasse

Aligning stakeholders' incentives in the shift to value-driven health

Singapore's bundle system has encouraged the shift to community-based care and prevention, with strong results.

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Feb 05 | Jeff Lagasse

Healthcare gains 42,000 jobs in January, led by ambulatory services

The healthcare industry has added 368,000 jobs overall over the past 12 months, enough to account for about 11 percent of…

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Feb 01 | Jeff Lagasse

Patients with primary care doctors receive more high-value healthcare, study finds

Policymakers and health system leaders seeking to increase value should consider increasing investments in…

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Jan 31 | Jeff Lagasse

Are healthcare jobs safe from AI? More so than many might think

No occupation will be unaffected by the technology, but healthcare will be affected less than other industries, owing much to…

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Jan 29 | Jeff Lagasse

What's the lifetime cost of gender salary disparities? It adds up, Johns Hopkins says

Efforts to eliminate gender disparity have cut the gap in salaries that men and women earn at Johns…

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Jan 21 | Jeff Lagasse

Delivery robot poised to create efficiencies, save on operational costs for hospitals

Modeled after a robot from the Star Wars films, Relay offers a potential escape hatch for healthcare…

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Jan 18 | Jeff Lagasse

Chance of depression in new doctors depends on where they train, research shows

Those in programs with longer hours, less faculty mentoring and more research focus had higher depression…

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Jan 18 | Susan Morse

Here's the lineup of HIMSS19 keynote speakers

HHS Secretary Alex Azar joins the roster, which also features Aneesh Chopra, Karen DeSalvo, Michael Levitt, Mick Ebeling, Seema Verma and Susan…

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Jan 15 | Jeff Lagasse

Healthcare added more jobs than other sectors in 2018, and the growth outlook is strong

By the end of the year, there were about 16 million people working in healthcare -- about 11 percent…

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Dec 21, 2018 | Beth Jones Sanborn

Camp fire ravaged Adventist Feather River system re-opens health center with ribbon cutting celebration

The health center is Adventist Feather River's largest clinic and is one of the…

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