Quality and Safety

That promise of savings has a lot of health care specialists taking a harder look at predictive computer formulas.

Entrepreneur claims direct-to-consumer laboratory testing and price transparency are an integral piece of health reform and a solution to America's disease and cost problems.

Rule allows certified registered nurse anesthetists to practice in rural and critical access hospitals without direct physician supervision under rules developed by each facility in consultation with the medical staff.

Invitae has rolled out a one-price-fits-all payment model for its range of tests, charging a set $475 for any test for patients who don't go through their health insurance.

Infections treatments lead to millions in medical charges.

InstaMed shows healthcare providers must give consumers more online and mobile choices for paying their bills while protecting patient data.

Leaders like Banner Health, Montefiore explain what it took to succeed in the first ACO model, and look towards new programs that give them shared risk incentives for care quality.

New Hampshire ACO's goal is to have capitation make up 70 percent of reimbursements, dropping fee-for-service from its current 50 percent to 30 percent.

Seven cooperatives will split the funds.

The move, they hope, will contribute to lowering an estimated 1,300 patient deaths nationwide each year attributed mistakes associated with surgeries conducted too infrequently at medical facilities.