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With bold projections that we are on the cusp of the biggest IT spending growth in a decade, new predictions from industry analysts show how much, and on which technologies, hospitals will acquire, modernize or optimize IT.

While the findings of two new research studies are unrelated, each is noteworthy in the opportunity presented to help bend the healthcare cost curve.

From an Epic install, a drop in patient volumes and Hurricane Harvey, MD Anderson's chief financial officer explains reveals how the system overcame financial hurdles.

Lack of access to nutritious food is a social determinant of health linked to high healthcare costs; about 13 percent of U.S. households report food insecurity.

Paying hospitals a fixed global budget reduced their prices but individual physicians continued to be paid on a fee-for-service basis.

While the MSSP overall was a net cost to CMS in 2016, there is evidence that individual ACO performance may improve with experience.

Researchers analyzed the immediate cost of sequencing plus downstream spending six months after information was returned to physicians and patients and found that the potential to improve outcomes outweighs associated expenses.

The healthcare industry wastes $2.5 billion per year on ineffective therapy, according to researchers.

The U.S. has substantially higher spending but worse population health outcomes than 10 other wealthy countries. New research finds the reasons are different than what many people think.

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 brings big benefits to for-profit hospitals, Tenet Healthcare's chief said, after the organization updated its financial outlook for 2018.