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In its annual report on the country's hospitals, the Joint Commission announced Wednesday that 620 hospitals achieved outstanding performance.
Health organizations rely on high-speed broadband connections for critical applications like telemedicine and remote care management of chronic illnesses. With the expansion of 4G LTE networks and other advances in technology, clinicians are able to identify issues before they become a crisis that require hospitalization, and reduce healthcare and operating costs. It also gives patients the opportunity to take charge of their health.
The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is the future of healthcare in the United States says the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) - but only if PCMHs are led by doctors.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder wants to turn Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan into a mutual insurance company and bring it under the same laws regulating other insure -- a plan that has company executives shrugging their shoulders.
U.S. Senator John Kerry is sponsoring legislation that would expand Meaningful Use financial incentives for providers that serve predominantly lower-income Americans but don't qualify for the Medicaid EHR incentive program.
Health Care Services Corp., the largest customer-owned health insurer in the country with more than 13 million members, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana announced they would be aligning in a deal that is expected to provide the Montana Blue with added operational efficiencies.
A recently released health policy brief examining the efforts in the U.S. healthcare system to improve care transitions concludes that simple solutions would go a long way to improving patient care and saving costs.
Healthcare employees will see a modest base salary bump in 2012, according to the recent Healthcare Compensation Study from management consulting firm Hay Group.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has begun its second cycle of funding requests and is seeking applications. Up to $96 million for comparative effectiveness research is available.
With childrens dental coverage set to expand in the next few years, the dental industry is trying to get a sense of what the dental insurance market, and the state and federal rules impacting it, might look like.