Physicians and healthcare providers experience frustrations associated with implementing EHRs, but does installing this technology affect patients care? Almost surprisingly, it does not.

Teva, the world’s largest generic drug maker, will be allowed to acquire Allergan’s generic drug business, with the condition it sell the rights and assets to 79 other products.

Readmission rates among patients can rise when patient aren’t well informed about their care. In an effort to minimize readmissions, Patient Portal Technologies partnered with Rite Aid pharmacy to drop readmission rates by 15 percent. 

In Anthem’s response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit seeking to block its proposed acquisition of Cigna, the health insurer argues the deal would help stabilize health insurance exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act and repeated promises that savings from the merger would be passed on to consumers.

Eleven state attorneys general have filed an amicus brief backing the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to block the merger of two health systems in suburban Chicago, Advocate HealthCare and NorthShore University Health System.

Tampa General Hospital has lost the latest battle in a court fight against HHS on the data used to determine Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments for serving low-income patients.

Global medical technology company Boston Scientific acquired Cosman Medical, a Burlington, Massachusetts, radiofrequency ablation system manufacturer.

With reports of healthcare networks being hacked, patients in New York appear to trust such information will be kept safe. The New York eHealth Collaborative announced that more than 8 million New Yorkers have given consent to their healthcare providers to access their records through a state-wide network, SHIN-NY.