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As healthcare organizations try to make hay with big data, venturing into new areas such as predictive analytics and data discovery, they're ramping up their investments in analytics and business intelligence tools, according to a new survey from Lavastorm Analytics.
The Department of Health and Human Services has to fill some gaps in improper payment reduction and reporting compliance, according to the agency's Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
One example of the dilemmas posed by the rise of personalized medicine is Alzheimer's Disease: the ApoE genetic test can predict early onset of it, but there's still no effective therapy to stop dementia.
A report released in February found that state scope of practice laws and payment policies are two of the biggest challenges to expanding care provided by nurse practitioners.
A survey of small employers by eHealth, Inc. has found many struggling to understand their legal responsibilities and new choices under the Affordable Care Act.
Today in the third of three hearings held by subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Farzad Mostashari, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology reassured a congressional panel that health IT interoperability will take some dramatic leaps forward within the next two years.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed the state's health insurance exchange into law Wednesday after a legislative committee reconciled regulatory differences between a set of bills passed last week.
After several occasionally fractious public hearings on nonprofit tax exemptions, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is challenging the tax exempt status of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), the largest healthcare provider and employer in western Pennsylvania.
According to a new research study published in the March issue of Health Affairs, hospice enrollment saves money for Medicare and improves care quality for Medicare beneficiaries with a number of different lengths of services.
A recent survey of physicians in the U.S. by consulting company Deloitte shows that most are worried that the future of the medical profession may be in jeopardy and that the overall performance of the healthcare system in this country is "suboptimal."