Quality and Safety

Improperly listing patents may harm competition from generic alternatives and keep prices artificially high, the FTC says.

As chief strategy officer for 1upHealth, the former national coordinator for health IT and interoperability guru gets a lot of feedback from industry stakeholders. Here are some of the questions, comments and concerns he's hearing.

According to Elevance Health, about 28% report having been told they have a mental health condition, a predictor of loneliness.

Hospitals face a $15,000 fine for the first violation, with the state narrowing the circumstances for exceptions.

EHR systems rated as being difficult to operate did not perform well in safety tests, which suggests the need to optimize EHRs for ease of use.

The vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna will be available later this week, CDC says.

The number of hospitalizations and deaths in the United States continues to rise.

<p>Thomas Hutchinson, executive director of digestive health and experiential reality, and neurosurgeon Dr. Robert Louis brought VR to Hoag Hospital in 2015. They found that virtual models and simulations have proven popular with patients, with strong ROI.</p>

BCBSM will be expanding a program that streamlines prior authorization for physicians by exempting them from third-party processes.

The settlement concludes two OCR investigations initiated from a large breach report and a media article regarding a separate security incident.