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WASHINGTON (AP) -- America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue....

Obama Administration officials and a breadth of representatives from across the health care system will meet in Washington today for a day-long meeting to explore how they can collaborate and improve the quality of health care while at the same time lowering costs.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Wednesday put on hold its ruling that ordered a dramatic overhaul of the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system, because it wants to reconsider the earlier decision....

(Commonwealth Fund) A new set of strategies released today by the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System could dramatically improve how the US health care system serves vulnerable populations -- those in the US who are uninsured, low-income, or members of racial and ethnic minority groups.

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) took the first steps to implement an Affordable Care Act provision that cuts red tape in the health care system and saves an estimated $12 billion over the next ten years.

These savings come from improved use of electronic standards that will help eliminate inefficient manual processes and reduce costs. 

WASHINGTON (AP) -- At least 116 million U.S. adults experience long-lasting pain - the kind that lingers for weeks to months - and too often feel stigma rather than relief from a health care system poorly prepared to treat them, the Institute of Medicine said Wednesday....

Speaking to the graduates of Columbia University and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City today, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology saluted them for being a part of an innovative program aimed at using modern data technology to dramatically improve the U.S. health care system.

At any given time, one in 20 patients in the U.S. has a hospital-acquired infection. In addition, expenditures to address the consequences of these infections cost the health care system billions of dollars each year and lead to the loss of tens of thousands of lives.

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Abdominal pain is the most common reason Americans visit the ER. The difficulty of treating it highlights some major issues facing the health-care system at large: the risks and benefits of diagnostic tests, medical malpractice and patient expectations