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Hospitals make more of a profit when surgical patients develop complications finds a new study published Wednesday in JAMA.
A recent survey indicates that federal IT officials think big data analytics will save money and spare patients' lives.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation estimates that healthcare fraud costs are approximately $80 billion annually. To prevent some of the billions from being siphoned from the healthcare system, many organizations are turning toward analytics.
After rejecting the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion, Florida Republican lawmakers have proposed what they call a market-based program for covering the uninsured that's entirely state-funded, prompting criticism from Democrats, progressive advocates and even the Republican governor, Rick Scott.
U.S. employers are expected to increasingly shift toward self-funding their group health insurance plans as a result of the health reform law, according to a survey of health insurance executives released Monday by Munich Health North America, a subsidiary of Munich Re.
A recent study published in Health Affairs showed evidence that when a physician group's quality measures are publicly reported, they are more motivated to improve upon their overall care quality.
The electronic prescribing systems market is estimated to grow to $794 million, at a compound annual growth rate of 26 percent from 2012 to 2017, according to a new study by MarketsandMarkets, which analyzed major market drivers, restraints and opportunities around the world.
In the era of reform, healthcare providers will have to operate more like any other business by using the most efficient methods to deliver and pay for the most effective care, said a panel representing the banking industry and healthcare payers and providers during a business of healthcare session at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition last week. Electronic transactions offer an attractive solution.
When it comes to implementing environmentally-sound practices in healthcare, there is philosophy and there is reality. Philosophically, proponents believe that recycling, reusing and reducing emissions are the right things to do. In reality, implementing environmentally-friendly practices can be expensive, difficult and subject to pushback.
Many sectors of the healthcare industry have adopted or are adopting electronic health records, but the behavioral health sector has been slow to bring the technology on board.