Patient Engagement
Medicare wants to more than double payment offered to dialysis providers to educate patients to $95.57 for 2.66 hours of a nurse's time.
Naltrexone and acamprosate are the two drugs on the market for patients with alcohol cravings.
Only 25 percent of hospitals funded teams in 2013 that included a physician, advanced practice or RN, social worker, chaplain, analysis shows.
At the same time, health plans spend more than $654 million per year in unnecessary claims resolution calls, HealthEdge found.
When people start shopping around for care, it's time to start listening to patients, HFMA report claims.
Others par8o clients include MGM Resorts in Las Vegas, The William F. Ryan Community Health Network, Dignity Health, and St. Joseph Health System in Anaheim, California.
According to the new American Medical Association survey, primary care providers and physicians in large, complex practices log the most digital usage and are most enthusiastic about new technologies.
As many as 1.4 million seniors survive a stay in the ICU every year; most go home, with varying degrees of disability.
Many children live in houses with guns, but pediatricians often don't feel comfortable discussing gun safety with parents, even though most parents say they would welcome that conversation, study says.
While the pharmaceutical industry has historically interacted with patients through clinical trials and marketing efforts, those types of engagement may no longer be enough.