Dr. Sameer Vohra, director of Illinois Department of Public Health, discusses using data to determine patients at risk and programs that will make a difference.
Nearly eight in 10 employers consider drug prices, high-cost claims and hospital prices a significant threat to the affordability of employer-provided health coverage for employees and their families, and high-cost claims are rising, especially among younger plan members, finds a new survey from the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions (NAHPC).
Unaffordable medical bills, higher deductible health plans, and confusing billing statements have caused an increase in physical and mental health issues for a majority of insured Americans, according to a new study from Health Payment Systems and PayMedix.
Mayo Clinic is partnering with Google Cloud for generative AI, starting with a Gen App Builder in clinical workflows.
It’s important to get data from remote patient monitoring and telemedicine in front of the physician, says Dr. Laura Purdy, a physician licensed in all 50 states, a telemedicine and digital health expert.
In next three to five years 30-40% of patients will move from hospital to home, says Biofouormis CEO and founder Kuldeep Singh Rajput.
The Mayo Clinic has announced plans to renovate and expand its downtown Rochester, Minnesota campus. The multi-year plan includes reimagining the former Lourdes High School site that Mayo Clinic purchased in 2013 with the intention of redeveloping the two-block area to accommodate future growth.
Digital interaction tools and patient-facing components built in to EHRs are key to address patient engagement challenges, says Will Cantrell, director of product solutions at InteliChart.
A new survey from Premier has found that 40% of healthcare workers have experienced at least one incident of workplace violence within the past two years, with the violence occuring most frequently among nursing staff at the hands of men between 35-65. More than half of all reported incidents were at the hands of combative […]
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the mental and behavioral health needs of many Americans, and with social isolation rampant during that time, particular focus was trained on the health effects that can result from prolonged bouts of loneliness. Yet even with this new knowledge, loneliness doesn’t have its own ICD code, so being reimbursed for treating […]