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With bold projections that we are on the cusp of the biggest IT spending growth in a decade, new predictions from industry analysts show how much, and on which technologies, hospitals will acquire, modernize or optimize IT.
Despite favorable conditions, hospitals must shore up efficiencies, distinguish themselves from competitors, and learn to 'make it on Medicare payments,' experts say.
The Healthcare Transformation Consortium is also going to use data to lower costs and improve care delivery -- but, while Amazon's plans are still not widely known, six New Jersey hospitals are girding to go-live on Jan. 1, 2019.
Walmart's multifaceted march into healthcare has included its Care Clinic models and a proposed merger with insurer Humana.
A look at the latest facilities building and modernization projects just getting underway.
What makes an investment bank and a conglomerate real estate company interested in the healthcare space, and what do they have to offer there? JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon shed some light on that question, not to mention the question of what exactly this venture will do, in a letter to shareholders published last week as part of the bank's annual report.
Announcement comes roughly a month after company and CEO Elizabeth Holmes settled SEC investigation that stripped her of corporate voting rights, and levied a $500,000 fine.
New research suggests an evolution in the way health plans think about patients increasingly as consumers.
Inaccurate claims and EHR data cost the healthcare system $6 billion annually. That means hospitals have a big opportunity to save $1.5 million each by improving matching practices.
Two pieces of research conducted separately by Medscape and HIMSS found inequities when it comes to pay, even as salaries continue to rise among physicians and health IT professionals.