Is there actually some good news to be found on the internet? According to Vanguard Communications, which surveyed more than 46,000 online physician ratings on popular review sites, not everyone who...
More than three-fourths of providers believe that a strong foundation of data analytics and health information governance is critical for the success of value-based payment reform, found an industry...
South Jersey-based AtlantiCare Health System has signed a strategic agreement with Pennsylvania heavyweight Geisinger Health System to explore new models of financial reimbursement, increase health IT...
Personalized medicine? Not if you want to make an extra $350 a month, WellPoint, Inc. is telling oncologists. The insurer will be offering a financial incentive for each patient who is put on one of...
Healthcare organizations may be investing in clinical analytics, business intelligence solutions, revenue cycle management tools, and robust quality improvement programs, but all the technology in the...
With Kathleen Sebelius turning in her resignation as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after a rocky year overseeing the launch of Healthcare.gov, Congress is ready to fill the...
Google Ventures, the investment arm of the search engine giant, is taking a big leap into clinical analytics with an investment of close to $130 million in Flatiron Health. The investment is...
When it comes to using health IT to make improvements within a healthcare organization, clinical analytics often steals the limelight. Predictive risk scores, sepsis alarms, population health...
A lack of data integrity and adequate health information exchange, along with poor care coordination, have topped the 2014 list of ECRI Patient Safety Concerns. As hospitals and health...
After announcing a nearly $100 million investment in connecting a series of research networks into a single, massive databank late last year, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) is...
Companies offering data analytics, care coordination, and practice management solutions raised more than $850 million dollars in the first quarter of 2014 from venture capital firms interested in...
When it comes to healthcare spending, much of the focus has been on chronically ill patients. The commonly cited statistic that 20% of patients account for 80% of costs may be concerning, but equally...
The use of computer algorithms and data analytics to identify preventable hospital readmissions still has a long way to go before it’s accurate and sensitive enough to replace manual review, says a...
It takes a lot of stamina and determination to tackle the long hours, fast-paced decision making, and responsibility of being a physician in a hospital setting, but new research published in JAMA this...
Hospital acquired infections related to common procedures and difficult bacteria are on the decline according to a pair of newly released reports by the Centers for Disease Control. As hospitals...
Antibiotic-resistant superbugs have changed the way clinicians need to tackle bloodstream infections, but many community hospitals may not be keeping up with newer tactics. A study from researchers at...
According to a report released late last month, shared savings among Medicare’s accountable care organizations (ACOs) have topped $380 million in their first year of operation, and the network of...
Despite a slowdown in analytics infrastructure purchasing among hospitals, the market for new technologies to help organizations identify and remediate weak points in their financial and clinical...
HIMSS14 is just around the corner, and editors from HealthITAnalytics will be braving the balmy temperatures of Orlando, Florida to bring you up-to-the-minute news and interviews straight from the...
In an effort to level the playing field for patients who may not understand how wildly the price of a service can vary from provider to provider, Washington State lawmakers have introduced a bill to...
