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The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced on July 12 guidance for reporting laboratory results using Direct Project specifications.
Telemedicine and mHealth have the potential to help the healthcare system meet the Institute of Healthcare Improvement's triple aim to simultaneously increase the quality of care, improve the health of populations and reduce the per capita cost of care.
The Supreme Court’s ruling on the health reform law will spur more consolidation in the healthcare industry, according to a recent survey by healthcare public affairs firm Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock.
Guidelines on how certain mobile medical apps will be governed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may be released as soon as the end of the year.
In recognition of the complex medical decisions faced by patients with advanced, chronic illnesses, behavioral counseling company Vital Decision and care management specialist inVentiv Medical Management (iMM) have launched a combined service for payers, providers and seriously ill patients.
The home care industry has enormous potential for business people. One segment of the business world has already figured this out: franchise business owners.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has already received letters from 12 states declaring their commitment and plans to create a health insurance exchange.
According to a national study released Wednesday by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC), contrary to popular belief, the majority of emergency department (ED) visits by nonelderly Medicaid patients are actually for signs and symptoms of urgent or more serious medical conditions or emergencies rather than routine care.
As the ICD-10 transition looms closer, one of the greatest common problems healthcare facilities are going to face will lie with unpaid or inaccurate billing that could end up being quite costly for both the patient and the business itself.
It's no secret that solo practice by doctors has been diminishing. But a new finding by recruitment firm Merritt Hawkins declares that solo practice is all but dead.