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A collaboration between NantHealth and Blue Shield of California announced Tuesday will see the two organizations develop a clinic-based "continuous learning center" (CLC) that will leverage supercomputing systems, high-speed, secure-fiber networks and fact-based genomic data systems, which will allow providers to provide personalized, molecular-based medicine.
One of California's largest health insurers has agreed to pay a settlement sum for an alleged data breach that compromised the personal health information of 33,756 of its members.
Relationships between healthcare organizations and physicians are a growing trend within the industry as more doctors become employees of hospitals. Building healthy working relationships between the two factions is important.
Healthcare IT News Managing Editor Mike Milliard spoke recently with TIME magazine correspondent Michael Grunwald about his book, "The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era" and about the lasting impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
According to a new analysis by the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute (PHI), training standards for personal care aides (PCAs), one of the healthcare occupations that the federal government projects will grow by more than 70 percent between 2010 and 2020, are lacking across the country.
A recent report from J.D. Power and Associates indicates that customers are becoming less satisfied with purchasing prescriptions through mail-order pharmacies as compared to brick and mortar locations, especially in the area of cost.
West Penn Allegheny Health System announced last Friday that it is canceling the $475 million affiliation agreement with Highmark Inc. over demands by the region's dominant insurer that the health system enter bankruptcy proceedings in order to move forward with the deal.
Through a new five-year initiative, UPMC will create what officials call a best-in-class data warehouse to bring together clinical, financial, administrative, genomic and other information in order to provide more personalized care.
Instead of admitting certain patients to the hospital, using observation units in hospitals can often be more efficient, result in shorter lengths-of-stay and lower costs, according to a recent study from Health Affairs.
Saying insurer Highmark Inc. has breached their $475 million affiliation agreement, West Penn Allegheny Health System on Friday announced that it was walking away from the deal and would be "exploring new options for its future direction."