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Hospitals are expanding services, supplies and staff training programs to meet the needs of morbidly obese patients, according to a new report from healthcare supply contracting company Novation.
As healthcare moves into a new era of efficiency, effectiveness and improved patient outcomes through health information technology, consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has identified the top nine ways health IT is transforming healthcare. Among the changes with the greatest impact are reduced medical errors and faster emergency care.
Curious as to what impact the forthcoming ICD-10 mandate might have on The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services? An analysis of CMS determined the seven major business realms that ICD-10 will touch.
PwC's Health Research Institute has predicted the top 10 issues facing healthcare in 2012. Insurance exchanges, consumer trepidation, drug shortages and the need for organizations to prove value promise to be among the hallmarks of a 'seminal' year.
PwC's Health Research Institute has predicted the top 10 issues facing healthcare in the coming year. Insurance exchanges, consumer trepidation, drug shortages and the need for organizations to prove value promise to be among the hallmarks of a 'seminal' year.
The American Medical Association (AMA) on Tuesday said that its delegates are working to stop implementation of ICD-10.
Healthcare consulting firm Optum on Tuesday launched The Optum Institute for Sustainable Health, a research and applied policy group with the goal of increasing coordination of care, improving transparency and encouraging patient engagement.
Optum, UnitedHealth's IT subsidiary, launched The Optum Institute for Sustainable Health on Tuesday, which aims to provide analysis and insight for a changing healthcare landscape. It also announced the results of a new survey, "Sustainable Health Communities – A Manifesto for Improvement."
Patients are looking for doctors who will check up on them and offer guidance between office visits says a new report, "A Fragile Nation in Poor Health," a look at why patients don't follow their doctors' treatment plans and what solutions are available to the healthcare community.
Forty percent of every dollar spent on healthcare is wasted or spent on preventable complications, said Karen Feinstein, president and CEO of the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, to an audience at the Maine Health Management Coalition on Nov. 10.