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National Quality Forum Names Mountain States Health Alliance Winner of 2012 National Quality Healthcare Award

Mountain States Health Alliance named winner of 2012 National Quality Healthcare Award. (NQF) announced today that Mountain States Health Alliance has been named the recipient of its 2012 National Quality Healthcare Award. The award will be presented at the NQF Annual Meeting...

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Fraser Institute: Sweden Shows Canada How to Reduce Health Spending While Improving Medicare

) - Sweden's universal health care system, which ranks among the world's best in terms of patient outcomes, offers critical lessons for Canada on reducing costs while improving health system performance, argues a new report from the Fraser Institute, ... [Published Benzinga.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Fraser Institute, Canada, Health Care, Medicare, Sweden

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation

Health care innovations in technology spotlight

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Entities: Health Care, Invention, Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, Silicon Valley, Startup

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 10 hours ago - 9 reports

Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals

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Entities: Health Care, Workers, Diagnostic, San Francisco (United States)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 3 reports

GE reaffirms commitment to advancing healthcare

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Entities: Health Care, GE Healthcare, Ministry of Health

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 5 reports

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Entities: Switzerland, Bilateral, India, Health Care

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 4 reports

Cleveland Clinic

Many health care apps are useless, but these show promise

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Entities: Health Care, David Levin, Mobile Apps, Cleveland Clinic

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 4 reports

Iowa governor is open to health care compromise

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Entities: Health Care, Medicaid

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