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The 2012 presidential election will be determined by a handful of voters in a handful of states, Stuart Rothenberg, editor and publisher of The Rothenberg Political Report told an audience of healthcare real estate professionals at the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International’s Medical Office Buildings & Healthcare Facilities Conference in Atlanta on May 3.

While the gubernatorial primary in the state of Washington won’t be held for nearly three months, most political observers say it is virtually assured who the candidates will be.

Since the start of the year, a number of bills or amendments to bills targeting men’s reproductive health have been submitted to state legislatures by mostly female Democratic state legislators.

It’s difficult for healthcare organizations to make informed decisions when the data they receive from state agencies is incomplete or slow to arrive.

One-third of consumers use sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and online forums to find health-related information, track symptoms and broadcast their thoughts about doctors, drugs, treatments, medical devices and health plans says a recent report by the Health Research Institute (HRI) at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) US.

Health policy institute NEHI today identified 11 emerging technologies that have the potential to improve care and lower costs for chronic disease patients, especially those in at-risk populations.

With so much political rhetoric aimed at the Affordable Care Act these days and many openly hoping the Supreme Court will throw the baby out with the individual mandate bathwater, the law’s strong points very often get drowned out by the static and noise.

Within a handful of miles of the birthplace of the American Revolution, a new revolution was being fomented the last week of April.

While most states' efforts to overhaul Medicaid have focused on bolstering managed care as a way to hold a lid on costs, in Oregon a radical redesign of its Medicaid program aims to foster cooperation between providers and create a broader whole-person care model for the roughly 500,000 who receive care under the state's low-income insurance plan.

With a changing medical model that is moving from treating the sick to helping people stay fit, wellness centers have become a component of the real estate strategies for some health systems, hospital executives told an audience of healthcare real estate professionals at THE Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International's Medical Office Building conference in Atlanta in early May.