Jeff Lagasse
The survey affirmed that interoperable networks are critically important when it comes to giving healthcare providers access to actionable data within the EHR.
The average expense of repeated medical care because of duplicate records costs a reported average $1,950 per patient for each inpatient stay.
Doctors have balked at the increasing burden of implementing metrics, which cost roughly $15.4 billion annually to meet.
The move would also make sense from a population health standpoint, since many people become sick, are hospitalized, or die from vaccine-preventable illnesses.
The average 1,500-bed hospital prints more than 8 million pages per month, adding up to about $3.8 million per year.
New expansions and renovations promise more space, enhanced services and for one Alaska hospital, potential long-term cost savings.
With transfers to larger hospitals comes a high cost burden, making it important for community-based organizations to strike the appropriate balance.
New survey, based on answers from nearly 600 young physicians, provides insight into how millennials find their first positions, what they want in a job and why they change jobs.
Biopharmaceuticals garnered about half of the funding so far this year.
While the findings of two new research studies are unrelated, each is noteworthy in the opportunity presented to help bend the healthcare cost curve.