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What does the average American doctor think about health information exchange technologies, a few years into the federal government's health IT incentive program?
From toothbrushes that do more than brush teeth to mobile platforms that help users transition from the hospital to the home or the home to the assisted living, 14 entrepreneurs with innovative digital health ideas have been named to Rock Health's most recent graduating class.
Perched by a computer monitor wedged between shelves of cough drops and the pharmacy in a bustling Walmart, Mohamed Khader taps out answers to questions such as how often he eats vegetables, whether anyone in his family has diabetes and his age.
Florida's GOP Gov. Rick Scott will adopt Medicaid expansion for three years while the federal government pays full freight, and then leave it to state lawmakers to re-authorize it.
The medical specialty societies participating in ABIM Foundation's Choosing Wisely have grown in number and have identified 90 more commonly-used tests and treatments that are not always necessary and may even cause harm, the foundation announced today.
For the last 10 years, the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (CCHP), in Camden, N.J., has worked with local healthcare providers, hospitals and physician practices to improve quality, care coordination and costs by focusing on what the organization calls "superusers" and the high-cost "hot spots" in the city.
Two percent cuts may not sound deep, but the sequester, scheduled to start March 1 unless Congress acts, will be painful, and has the healthcare industry worried.
The Department of Health and Human Services has published final rules for essential health benefits and several other policies, clarifying rules on mental health benefits.
For the last 10 years, the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (CCHP), in Camden, N.J., has worked with local healthcare providers, hospitals and physician practices to improve quality, care coordination and costs by focusing on what the organization calls "superusers" and the high-cost "hot spots" in the city.
U.S. healthcare prices increased in January 2013, rising 0.2 percent over December 2012 prices, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.