The American Hospital Association has released a report finding that hospital and health system performance on key patient sa
The U.S. healthcare system may not be fully meeting the needs of women, if a new report is any indication. In a survey of consumers conducted by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, women are 35% more likely than men to say they’ve skipped or delayed medical care over a 12-month period. The reasons for […]
Considerations include what stage of adoption hospitals are in, the challenges and benefits of the technology and the protection of patient data, says HIMSS senior market insights manager Nicole Ramage.
Highmark, a commercial health insurance plan based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will now cover RelieVRx, an FDA-authorized device for chronic low back pain (CLBP) created by AppliedVR, a virtual reality-based therapeutics company. This makes RelieVRx accessible as a covered therapeutic to more than 4 million of Highmark’s commercial members.