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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality will dedicate nearly $2 million for the creation of the PCOR Clinical Decision Support Learning Network, aiming to address the barriers hindering the incorporation of patient-centered outcomes research into CDS tools.
Heritage, which invests in companies focused on building technologies to address the most pressing challenges in healthcare, beat its original fund target by $20 million and its prior Healthcare Innovation Fund by more than $50 million.
While the healthcare industry grapples with data breaches and privacy and security regulations, there are common pitfalls that are easy to run into without proper planning.
Oklahoma City-based Foundation HealthCare, which runs surgical hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, has acquired a majority interest in Ninety Nine Healthcare Management, a Dallas-based healthcare management company focused on physician practices.
Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital in Katy, Texas recently completed an $85 million expansion project to meet the needs of the growing community. EarthCam's construction camera was onsite to document the project with HD imagery from September 2014 to March 2016
During 2014, the first full year of the law's implementation, 91 percent of children who were eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program were enrolled, according to the study by researchers at the Urban Institute. In 2013, that figure was 88.7 percent and only 81.7 percent in 2008.
A federal judge has ruled that part of the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional because it appropriates funds not approved by Congress.
The study sought to measure whether having access to such a tool, and with it more price information, was associated with a reduction in annual outpatient spending in the first 12 months after the tool was introduced.
The rechristened Brian Allgood Ambulatory Clinic encompasses 51,000 square-feet of new space, and houses optometry, dermatology, physical therapy, podiatry and orthopedic clinics, along with providing office space for TRICARE, a program which offers comprehensive health coverage to uniformed service members and their families.
Health Subcommittee members met with Slavitt Wednesday on the implementation of the Medicare Access and the CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.