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Jeff Lagasse

By Jeff Lagasse | 12:53 pm | December 14, 2017
The platform uses blockchain and secure computation to allow payers, providers and life science companies to engage in patient-centric value-based contracts.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:15 pm | December 13, 2017
USC researchers say tool could be used to create an objective method for evaluating surgeon proficiency with implications for patient satisfaction and reimbursement.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:46 pm | December 13, 2017
New research finds that the more effective cervical cancer treatment is losing ground to an increasingly popular alternative that generates four times the revenue from Medicare payments.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:55 am | December 13, 2017
Patients admitted to rural hospitals have greater risk of death during hospitalization than they do in urban hospitals, a study finds. That means it's time for healthcare executives to address this problem.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:41 pm | December 11, 2017
Even though high-deductible insurance options could save patients thousands of dollars every year, most people are not shopping around for better prices when it comes to low value services.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:04 pm | December 11, 2017
Patients, clinicians and even visitors all find alarms, alerts, beeps and loudspeaker pages make hospitals stays more exasperating.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:46 pm | December 08, 2017
Cotton Medical Center won the award for "Best Renovated or Repurposed Healthcare Facility."
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:28 pm | December 08, 2017
While 3-D mammography screening are FDA-approved, only about half of the National Cancer Institute's Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium participants offer the service.
By Jeff Lagasse | 12:37 pm | December 08, 2017
When Franciscan Health assembled a team of executives and clinicians to assess physician performance, they found big opportunities disguised as problems.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:41 pm | December 07, 2017
New research finds patients could benefit if they are invited to co-produce medical notes with doctors rather than simply reading them.