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Healthcare spending grows slowly as jobs climb

Healthcare spending in the United States grew by only 4.4 percent during 2011 while the sector fueled a significant chunk of the nation's job growth, reported the National Journal. The tracking ,

Hospital spending rises as price plateaus

Healthcare prices grew over the past year at the slowest rate since the late 1990s, although hospital expenditures increased at a healthy clip, according to data collected from the Altarum

AHRQ, vendors seek EHR usability standards, development of best practices

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is calling for the creation of an independent entity to lead development of voluntary EHR usability standards, and apparently has support from some