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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.
The system committed to allocate $2 million toward launching a collaborative task force on reducing firearm injuries and conducting research into the most effective tactics that it will make publicly available.
The Henry Ford Pancreatic Cancer Center will focus on various initiatives that hope to yield earlier detection for a disease that is often identified too late.
AI technology is already in use in certain aspects of healthcare, such as diagnostic imaging, but it's being underutilized in several others.
From an Epic install, a drop in patient volumes and Hurricane Harvey, MD Anderson's chief financial officer explains reveals how the system overcame financial hurdles.
Hospitalists pull shifts in which they're physically in the hospital the entire time, and don't have any competing activities.
In Las Vegas, four are open and operational and Dignity is developing a 5th site slated to open in 2019.
Merger and acquisition activity sent waves through the information security sector too, and CIOs are acutely aware of the security complications medical devices and telehealth bring.