Jeff Lagasse
While 98 percent of those surveyed said interoperability was "highly" or "extremely" important, only 33 percent said their facility was capable of it.
The healthcare sector bore the brunt of about $216 billion of those costs -- and things may get worse.
Companies will offer a new plan with prescription drug coverage in select markets beginning in 2019.
The voluntary Intermountain Partners in Healing program enables patients' family members to perform various tasks both in the hospital and at home after discharge.
Factors driving the growth of the market include decreasing reimbursements, loss of revenue due to billing errors, and regulatory mandates for the adoption of EHRs.
Nationally, medical expenditures earmarked for obesity and related ailments rose 29 percent from 2001 to 2015. Here's a look at which states spend the most, and least, treating the condition.
The new hospital will comply with seismic codes and be energy efficient, officials say.
Medical decision are being made in the hub of a large system quite the way there were just a few short years ago.
The changes have been praised by the American Association of Physician Assistants, which said past restrictions have forced patients into uncomfortable choices.
The average direct cost for acute care episodes for home patients was about half of the cost of the control patients cared for in the hospital during the test phase, hospital officials say.