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A new PwC report on clinical informatics shows the key to those benefits is for providers to use informatics to engage patients in managing their own health.
Americans’ inability to understand health information and navigate their way through the complex healthcare system leads to preventable hospitalizations, greater use of emergency care and reduced overall health status, says a paper in the February issue of Health Affairs.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the health reform law has eliminated lifetime limits on coverage for more than 105 million Americans.
Earlier this year, Forbes magazine published its first ever list of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs – folks who use business to solve social issues. On Forbes’ Impact 30 list is a 50-year-old optometrist named Jordan Kassalow who recognized as a student the potential of not only helping people in underserved areas of India and El Salvador to see but also helping them gain economic empowerment. Kassalow talked to Healthcare Finance News Associate Editor Stephanie Bouchard about being a business person and being socially responsible.
With the numbers of Alzheimer’s disease patients expected to reach 13.2 million coupled with an estimated price tag of $1.1 trillion (in 2011 dollars) by 2050, lawmakers and those in the healthcare industry know how imperative it is that the country get a handle on the disease.
Mayo Clinic reported a solid performance in 2011 on Feb. 23 and shared plans for growth in services and programs to meet the needs of tomorrow's patients in new and different ways.
Cost overruns on healthcare construction projects can mean big bucks to hospital executives overseeing capital spending. Staying on budget takes a watchful eye and guiding hand at the C-suite level and a deep enough understanding of the design and construction processes to create the proper budget from the start, say industry experts.
Any lingering illusions that the transition to the HIPAA 5010 standard would present only minor glitches have come crashing down. In late January, the Medical Group Management Association sent an urgent plea to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, asking the agency to take immediate action to alleviate a host of claims problems and payment delays.
Some healthcare stocks will get hammered in 2012, while others will do quite well, according to industry analysts who spoke to an audience of 600 at the Nashville Health Care Council. But their overall forecast was for modest growth, mirroring the economy as a whole.
The advisory board will specifically focus on medical industry trends, clinical imperatives, regulatory considerations, privacy concerns and patient and clinician expectations around Watson technology and how it can be incorporated into clinician workflows, according to IBM.