Patient Engagement
The top drug agency proposed tighter limits for online prescriptions of some medications, such as Adderall and opioids.
Apparent differences in potentially avoidable hospitalizations among MA plans may be explained by shifting inpatient care to other settings.
The number of hospitals engaged in integrating patient health information into EHRs grew by 40% since 2017, found ONC.
The money is to test a new socialization and sex education curriculum for young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
The median price for shoulder arthroscopy was 1.68 times higher at facilities within networks compared with independent hospitals.
This year, Medicare Advantage enrollment grew by just 1.5 million, below the pace set in previous years.
MA plans have adopted more restrictive criteria commonly used by commercial health insurance carriers, found consulting firm Crowe.
Patients in such models were 18% less likely to be admitted to the hospital and had a 9% lower 30-day readmission rate.
<p>According to TPP UK's director of research and analytics Dr. Chris Bates, records that are made for clinicians and directly shareable with patients are essential to high-quality data.</p>
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The company said adding Natural Cycles' technology will "give users more detailed insight into their menstrual cycle."