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| Aug 31, 2026 | Federal grant cuts hit Colorado studies to make healthcare more efficient | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Dr. Lisa DeCamp thought she might have a win-win idea that would improve health for kids with asthma while saving Medicaid money.
DeCamp, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado’s A... |
| May 9, 2026 | A ‘barbaric’ problem in American hospitals is only getting bigger | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Elisabeth Rosenthal, KFF Health News
In the last months, weeks, and days of his life, “I will not go to the emergency room” became my husband’s mantra. Andrej had esophageal cancer that had spre... |
| Apr 30, 2026 | AHRQ seeks nominees to serve on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force | The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has issued a request for nominations for candidates to serve on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. While all nominees will be considered, AHRQ said it encourages nominations of physician ... |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Finding the Right Five Percent: How Machine Learning Is Reshaping Care Management | Mary Bacaj, Ph.D., President of Value-Based Care at Conifer Health Solutions
Population Health Has a Precision Problem
Population health programs continue to rely on blunt tools. Many risk stratification approaches emphasize historical util... |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Trump budget seeks $1.5T in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic programs | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in de... |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Why Patient Understanding is the Most Important Metric You Aren’t Tracking | Aayush Sisodia, MSHI, BDS, Business Analytics Advisor, Pharmacy Analytics
Health systems are drowning in metrics. We can tell you how many portal messages were answered within 24 hours, how many patients closed a care gap, and how many clin... |
| Jan 13, 2026 | ER-VIPE Simulation Game Builds Medical Students' Soft Skillsfor Real-World Emergency Care | BANGKOK, Jan. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Medicine has developed ER-VIPE, a virtual emergency-room simulation platform designed to strengthen teamwork, communication, and critical-thinking skills among fut... |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Why Pressure Injuries Remain the Silent Indicator of Systemic Healthcare Gaps | The Underestimated Marker of Failure
Pressure injuries, often called bed sores, are among the most preventable harms in healthcare. Yet they remain common in hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care facilities. These wounds form when im... |
| Jun 23, 2025 | The Battle for Sustainable Packaging: Boxed Water Faces Scrutiny | In a world increasingly aware of environmental issues, the packaging industry stands at a crossroads. The rise of sustainable alternatives has sparked a fierce competition among brands. One player, Boxed Water is Better, has recently found ... |
| Jun 20, 2025 | AI-Driven Diagnostics: The Future of Precision in Medical Imaging | Thomas Kluz, Managing Director at Niterra Venture
During the past ten years, I’ve collaborated and invested in several innovative healthcare organizations, and I have realized that AI has extended beyond just being a supporting tool for med... |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Trump whacks tiny agency that works to make the nation’s health care safer | Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during an event announcing proposed changes to SNAP and food dye legislation, Friday, March 28, 2025, in Martinsburg, W. Va. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
HHS Secretary Robe... |
| Mar 28, 2025 | HHS Overhaul Aims to Save $1.8B Annually, 10,000 Jobs Cut | What You Should Know:
– The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a significant restructuring initiative, undertaken in accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department ... |
| Jan 15, 2025 | Health | Health insurers limit coverage of prosthetic limbs, questioning their medical necessity | To people in the amputee community, the coverage disparity amounts to discrimination.
“Insurance covers a knee replacement if it’s covered with skin, but if it’s covered with plastic, it’s not going to cover it,” said Jeffrey Cain, a family... |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 3 Steps to Take to Successfully Pivot Your Company and Skyrocket Revenue Embracing agility, transparency, and client feedback allowed my pharmacy startup to pivot successfully and achieve sustainable growth. | When I decided to build a business from scratch, I knew it would demand not just the introduction of technology but also an iron will to address the persistent inefficiencies within the sector. The outdated and fragmented practices in the p... |
| Sep 25, 2024 | mPulse Launches Key HXI Platform Enhancements | mPulse, a leading provider of Health Experience and Insights (HXI) technology, announced a newly enhanced and consolidated Activate layer of its HXI platform. The HXI platform integrates foundational digital engagement capabilities that ena... |
| Sep 24, 2024 | From Chaos to Calm: How ER Scheduling Could Help Fix Emergency Care Challenges
Setting up real-time appointment scheduling for the ER | Sridhar Yerramreddy, CEO of Steer Health
Staffing shortages and rising costs leave ERs in chaos and even force some hospitals to shut down money-losing emergency departments altogether. Chaotic or closed emergency rooms not only cost lives ... |
| Sep 11, 2024 | The Diagnostic Dilemma: Unpacking Errors in Patient Care | In the intricate world of healthcare, timely and accurate diagnoses are the lifeblood of effective treatment. Yet, a recent analysis by ECRI, a nonprofit focused on patient safety, reveals a troubling reality: diagnostic errors are alarming... |
| Sep 11, 2024 | Honoring Healthcare Heroes: A Stamp of Recognition and the Need for Diagnostic Safety | In a world where the unsung heroes often go unnoticed, the U.S. Postal Service is stepping up to honor the healthcare community with a new Forever stamp. This tribute, set to be unveiled on October 1, 2024, is more than just a piece of pape... |
| Sep 6, 2024 | Data analysis reveals common errors that prevent patients from getting timely, accurate diagnoses | PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Sept. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new data analysis from ECRI, a global patient safety nonprofit, finds that issues processing medical tests, delays in referrals, and miscommunication among healthcare staff are key driv... |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Health | Experts: US hospitals prone to cyberattacks like one that hurt patient care at Ascension | “I don’t believe that anyone is fully prepared,” he said. Most emergency management plans “are designed around long-term downtimes that are into one, two, or three days.”
Ascension in a public statement May 9 said its care teams were “train... |
| Jun 13, 2024 | National Median In-Network Amount for C-section Rose Nine Percent, from Less Than $16,000 in September 2022 to Nearly $17,000 in September 2023 | Alaska Has Highest Median In-Network Amount for Vaginal Delivery, New Jersey for C-section, according to FAIR Health Cost of Giving Birth Tracker
NEW YORK, June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The national median allowed amount for C-section rose ... |
| Jun 4, 2024 | First look: Kidney screening recommendation urged | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging HHS and a federal task force to recommend regular screening for people at high risk of chronic kidney disease, in a letter first shared with Axios.
Why it mat... |
| Jun 3, 2024 | SALUTE Program launched to address disparities in veteran healthcare | PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., June 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ECRI, one of the foremost independent healthcare and patient safety nonprofits, launched the SALUTE™ Program to improve healthcare for veterans and address disparities in care that veteran... |
| May 31, 2024 | $5M grant to allow ASU to help train medical professionals in areas of critical need | The College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to launch the Southwest Safety Net Embedded Scienti... |
| May 16, 2024 | Health information on TikTok: The good, the bad and the ugly | In today's digital age, social media platforms like TikTok have become integral parts of our lives, offering not just entertainment and catchy dances but also a wealth of information on topics ranging from home improvement to world news. Ac... |
| May 15, 2024 | Mental Health Inequities Cost the US More Than $477 Billion Today and Could Increase to $14 Trillion by 2040 if Unaddressed, According to Analysis by Deloitte and Meharry School of Global Health | Findings reveal a growing public health crisis with unsustainable health care costs
NEW YORK, May 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
Key takeaways
The projected cumulative cost of mental health inequities is estimated to amount to $14 trillion by the... |
| May 14, 2024 | Could better inhalers help patients, and the planet? | Patients in the United States are prescribed roughly 144 million of what doctors call metered-dose inhalers each year, according to the most recently available data published in 2020. The cumulative amount of gas released is the equivalent ... |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 5 Medication Safety Tips for Older Adults | Image
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Whether you’re settling into your 60s or heading into your 90s, be careful when taking medicines, herbal preparations and supplements.
Why the special concern? The older we get, the more likely we are to use more prescription ... |
| Jan 11, 2024 | From Chaos to Calm: How ER Scheduling Could Help Fix Emergency Care Challenges
Setting up real-time appointment scheduling for the ER | Sridhar Yerramreddy, CEO & Founder of Steer Health
Staffing shortages and rising costs leave ERs in chaos and even force some hospitals to shut down money-losing emergency departments altogether. Chaotic or closed emergency rooms not on... |
| Dec 1, 2023 | Health | Colorado’s long COVID clinics can’t meet demand, so health leaders look to expand treatment | Colorado doesn’t have enough capacity to treat everyone suffering with long COVID at the three specialized clinics in the state, so public health leaders are trying to figure out ways for more people to get the care they need closer to home... |
| Nov 13, 2023 | AI Empowers Healthcare: Streamlined Data, Supported Workers, Enhanced Patient Experiences | Rick Bryant, Healthcare CTO, Veritas Technologies
The healthcare industry is known for holding on to data – and for good reason. With valuable insights and patterns to be derived from patient information, more is more. Where healthcare IT d... |
| Nov 7, 2023 | Meet Gen Alpha, the 'mini-millennials' who are poised to take over the internet | Parenting Meet Gen Alpha, the 'mini-millennials' who are poised to take over the internet
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| Oct 12, 2023 | Health | Mothers of color can’t see if providers have a history of mistreatment. Why not? | Sarah Kwon | (TNS) KFF Health News
When Selam Solomon Caldwell and her husband learned she was pregnant last year, the stakes for finding the right OB-GYN felt high. Caldwell, a Black woman, had heard stories from family and friends of mate... |
| Oct 5, 2023 | Getting What You Want At The End Of Life—Lessons From A Dying Man | Bailey-Boushay House nurse Sherry Patterson comforts AIDS inpatient Michael Mauch, who lies on a ... [+] couch during the last months of his life, Seattle, Washington, 1992.Getty Images |
| Apr 18, 2023 | Three Ways To Expand Your Business Outside Your Core Industry | By Andrew Munro, who co-founded AffiliateWP in early 2014. His trusty treadmill desk allows him to write code at an incredible 3 mph. |
| Apr 2, 2023 | How 3 years of work from home have changed the US economy forever | Jack Coopersmith sits outside his apartment and takes part in a remote meeting while working from home in May 22, 2020. Brian Snyder/Reuters
It's been about three years since many workers had to work from home because of coronavirus.
From t... |
| Mar 17, 2023 | Study Reveals EHR Data Can Identify Patients Who Are Frail | What You Should Know:
– AHRQ conducted a study to address the operational gap between CFIs and EFIs. This project focused on validating an established CFI using linked claims-EHR databases of multiple large health systems. The project provi... |
| Mar 14, 2023 | Медицинские датасеты для машинного обучения: цели, типы и способы применения | Международная система здравоохранения ежедневно генерирует множество медицинских данных, которые (по крайней мере, теоретически) можно использовать для машинного обучения. В любой отрасли данные считаются ценным ресурсом, который помогает к... |
| Mar 9, 2023 | The Rise of Wearable Tech and Its Impact on Health and Fitness | Wearable technology has grown in popularity in recent years, revolutionizing the way we track our health and fitness. From smartwatches, fitness trackers, virtual reality headsets, and smart clothing, wearable tech has become an integral pa... |
| Feb 23, 2023 | Innovative Health Presents Sustainability Awards to Hospitals Leading the Way in Responsible Device Use | It’s about more than financial savings. It’s about reducing the carbon footprint of hospitals and building a more sustainable supply chain for the future.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (PRWEB) February 23, 2023
Innovative Health, Inc. today announced t... |
| Feb 20, 2023 | Equify Health CEO Sylvie Leotin To Keynote American Society of Transplantation 2023 Summit | “With her scholarly approach, multidisciplinary innovation expertise, and personal experiences, Dr. Leotin has unprecedented insight into the problems faced by marginalized patients in healthcare." – Vineeta Kumar, MD, Chair of AST Pla... |
| Jan 25, 2023 | Why Patient Portal Usability is Critical to Patient Experience | Ram Krishnan, CEO of Valant
Improving patient experience is a primary concern for behavioral health providers today. A positive patient experience can keep clients returning, while a frustrating or confusing experience may push them away. W... |
| Jan 12, 2023 | Researchers at University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University to Better Measure Social Determinants of Health: the Social Vulnerability Metric (SVM) | “The breakthrough developments of the CAT-SDoH and SVM open the door to a new approach to the measurement of SDoH,” said Robert Gibbons, Ph.D., Blum-Riese Professor, University of Chicago. “If we know a person’s zip code, the SVM items for ... |
| Dec 27, 2022 | CMS Has The Clout To Significantly Improve Health Care Delivery, But Fearing Political And Legal Backlash Has Settled Instead For Band-Aids | US President Joe Biden signs an executive order intended to strengthen the Affordable Care Act, ... [+] after delivering remarks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by... |
| Dec 15, 2022 | Dousing Burnout Takes a Combination of the Human and the Digital | The coronavirus pandemic may (or may not) be on its way to endemicity, but the healthcare-workforce burnout it exacerbated doesn’t look to be abating. Two of a multitude of statistics illustrate as much: 40% of healthcare practices reported... |
| Dec 2, 2022 | HHS Roadmap for Behavioral Health Integration | Our nation faces an unprecedented behavioral health crisis among people of all ages.
In his first State of the Union, the President outlined a bold national strategy to prevent, treat, and provide long term recovery supports for mental illn... |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Medicare Advantage Plans Need to ‘Win’ on Consumer Experience in 2023 | The Medicare Advantage market has shown no signs of cooling over the past two decades. As the number of plan offerings continues to grow, competition for members and retention will only continue to intensify. Traditionally, Medicare Advanta... |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Address ‘Plane-Crash Level’ Patient Harm, HHS Tells Hospitals, As Political Currents Swirl | Government leaders, saying they're determined to reduce medical error, have launched an Action ... [+] Alliance to Advance Patient Safety.getty |
| Oct 20, 2022 | Augmented Reality In The Operating Room: AR-Enabled Headsets For Intraoperative Use | Jennifer Esposito is the VP and General Manager of Magic Leap's Health Business and a member of the Board of Directors at VivaLink. |
| Sep 11, 2022 | Reducing burnout among mental health workers: How community behavioral health clinics support their clinician teams | Today, behavioral health providers are straining to keep up with the increased demand for their services. Driven by the turmoil of the pandemic and its evolving impact – which continues to push mental health clinicians to increase their cas... |
| Aug 29, 2022 | Amazon and One Medical: Minding the data gaps | When Amazon announced its intention to acquire One Medical, a primary care organization that leverages its digital health platform and brick-and-mortar clinics to offer on-demand health care services, it declared “health care is high on the... |
| Jul 28, 2022 | Vālenz Acquires MCM to Expand into Patient Care Management and Population Health Solutions | The focus of Patient Care Management industry has shifted in the post-COVID era. A majority of the US-based healthcare services organizations now use technology to deliver exceptional on-time patient care. The objectives of a modern Patient... |
| Jul 19, 2022 | Keep equity in mind when moving to value-based payment | Value-based care champions health and justice by focusing on outcomes rather than on units of service. As this type of payment reform expands, implementing the necessary changes to enable it must operate from a frame of equity rather than e... |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Congress: Don’t let hospital care at home shrivel when the public health emergency ends | During surges of Covid-19, providing hospital-level care in the home was a good alternative to receiving care in hospitals strained by historic staffing shortages and populated by people infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the d... |
| Jun 9, 2022 | 3 Retail CX Strategies Healthcare Providers Need To Adopt in 2022 | David Thompson, Tech Times 09 June 2022, 01:06 pm
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In 2022, customer expectations are changing - and shaping the post-pandemic healthcare market. Hospitals and healthcare providers need to adapt to customer... |
| May 16, 2022 | HHS Marks 10th Anniversary of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease | Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is launching its month-long celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease, which was first released in May 2012 as part of the National Alzhe... |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Fact Sheet: Celebrating Earth Day 2022 | The Biden-Harris Administration is celebrating Earth Day by focusing on its theme, “invest in our planet”, and is committed to addressing climate change, advancing health equity and pursuing environmental justice - which all depends on a he... |
| Feb 24, 2022 | A ‘more, more, more’ approach to cancer screening is misleading and harmful | Enormous progress has been made against cancer in the last 50 years — at least medically. Our emotional relationship with the emperor of all maladies, however, is years out of date, and that lag is causing great harm.
Many cancers can now b... |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Repurposing drugs can speed new treatments for Covid-19 | As the summer of 2021 started to unfold, many Americans thought the pandemic was beginning to fizzle out. But that illusion is over and the country is once more besieged by the coronavirus.
Intensive care units across America are again teem... |
| Sep 19, 2021 | What healthcare can learn from the retail customer experience | The accelerating retailization of healthcare presents health systems with multiple challenges as they shift from a facility-based care model to one more closely aligned with patient expectations as mobile digital consumers. One of the more ... |
| Aug 4, 2021 | Focus on healthcare price transparency is only half of the equation | It’s time for your annual car inspection, and you’re dreading it. Last year, you chose the lowest-cost mechanic you could find. This year, you’re in the market for a new mechanic. Shopping around, you once again put together a short-list of... |
| Jul 21, 2021 | D2C in healthcare: Why now is the perfect time | Multicultural Crowd of People. Group of different men and women. Young, adult and older peole. European, Asian, African and Arabian People. Empty faces. Vector illustration.
The healthcare industry is entering a new phase – poised to impact... |
| May 10, 2021 | The pharma industry needs to measure patient experience from the patients’ perspectives | The relationship between clinical outcomes and the patient experience — the sum of all of interactions of an individual related to managing his or her health — has long been established and documented.
Yet many elements that are typically d... |
| May 5, 2021 | The editor of digital health’s newest journal wants to democratize medicine with data | As an ICU physician, Leo Anthony Celi knows the immense power health data can hold. If it’s harnessed thoughtfully, it could speed diagnoses and drive better care. And if it isn’t wielded carefully, it can make matters worse.
That’s why he’... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | APSHO Supports Full Scope-of-Practice Regulation for Advanced Practitioners in Open Letter to President Biden | LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (PRWEB) April 21, 2021
The Advanced Practitioner Society for Hematology and Oncology (APSHO) sent an open letter to President Biden requesting support for regulatory changes that authorize advanced practitioners and othe... |
| Apr 9, 2021 | New Press Ganey Report Warns That Covid-19 May Have Worsened Hospital Safety | Hospitals are complicated places. Hospital in Tarzana, CA in January - (Photo by Apu GOMES / AFP) ... [+] (Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images |
| Mar 31, 2021 | NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Nuance Communications : How AI technologies improve the patient experience | Healthcare How AI technologies improve the patient experience
How can AI technologies improve the patient experience? Dr. Jared Pelo, CMIO, Dragon Ambient eXperience at Nuance, and Dr. Jesse Affonso, Orthopedic Surgeon at Cape Cod Orthopedi... |
| Mar 3, 2021 | How One Woman Fought Treatment-Resistant Depression | (BPT) - For years before her diagnosis, Nicole thought her daily routine was normal. Habits like sleeping for 18 hours a day, missing school and struggling to maintain friendships just seemed like hallmarks of an “angsty” personality, as ma... |
| Mar 2, 2021 | What Could Biden’s Possible Bid For A National Health Technology Assessment Entity Look Like? | Healthcare cost and value. Getty |
| Feb 19, 2021 | 11 Best Practices of a Successful Care Model Transformation Plan | Moha Desai, Principal, Healthcare Strategy & Transformation
Health systems across the country will require a plan to react to government deep spending cuts and revenue shortfalls due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital services have seen... |
| Jan 29, 2021 | If this self-sufficient hospital cannot stand alone, can any public hospital survive? | Hospital consolidation has been a consistent trend unabated by recessions, bountiful times or even a pandemic. The New Hanover sale, which requires only the approval of the state attorney general for completion, prompts the question: If Wil... |
| Oct 22, 2019 | How Digital Health Solutions Can Help Hospitals Eliminate Opportunities for Error | LouAnn Bala’ MSN, RN, VP/CNO/Product Strategy at GetWellNetwork
For many hospitals and health systems, creating a culture of high reliability is a priority. As healthcare shifts toward value-based care models that reward strong clinical out... |
| Apr 12, 2019 | Health care needs less #innovation | Health care has caught the innovation bug.
An industry famously resistant to change suddenly can’t stop innovating — or at least saying it is. Silicon Valley startups are disrupting health care. Academic medical centers are transforming it.... |
| Oct 31, 2018 | The U.K.’s Care Opinion: how hospitals can learn from online feedback | As consumers take to the internet to rate their health care experiences, some doctors and hospitals are cringing. A few have even retaliated with lawsuits against patients who post negative comments about them. In Cleveland, for example, a ... |
| Oct 2, 2018 | Hospital Culture: 4 Best Practices for Evidence-based Medicine Adoption | Does your organization follow evidence-based care guidelines? Do you currently utilize evidence-based content in your EHR? Do your clinicians embrace practices based on the best and most current clinical evidence?
If your hospital has not y... |
| Aug 3, 2018 | How is Stanford Medicine’s Chief Wellness Officer seeking to reduce physician burnout? (Q&A) | He lives in Portola Valley, Calif., with his wife, a nurse, who works part-time, and their four children, ages 4 to 13.
Dr. Tait Shanafelt (Julie Greicius/Stanford School of Medicine)
Shanafelt’s goal is to address the systemic problems in ... |
| Apr 10, 2018 | Surgical Information Systems and SPH Analytics Announce Joint Solution to Measure, Analyze, and Improve Patient Experience | Surgical Information Systems (SIS), an industry leader focused on delivering perioperative IT to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and hospitals, and SPH Analytics (SPH), the leading provider of patient experience solutions for the ambulato... |
| Feb 13, 2018 | Your smartphone as medicine: Digital therapy is here to stay | The next blockbuster therapy is probably already in your pocket or purse.
The FDA recently approved the first prescription digital therapy, Pear’s Reset appand program, which is focused on substance abuse. Others are likely to follow. That... |
| Dec 30, 2017 | Why do many IVD companies face an uphill battle with payers for reimbursement? | To understand why so many companies have faced an uphill battle with payers for reimbursement of their products, it’s essential to consider how these decisions are made. FDA approval or clearance is just one factor influencing payer decisio... |
| Dec 11, 2017 | Your smartphone as medicine: Digital therapy is here to stay | The next blockbuster therapy is probably already in your pocket or purse.
The FDA recently approved the first prescription digital therapy, Pear’s Reset app and program, which is focused on substance abuse. Others are likely to follow. That... |
| Aug 27, 2017 | Innovation Anarchy: Doctor, Please Stop, You’re Killing Me! | I learned three important lesson about innovation early in my career as an engineer at McDonnell Douglas. It was 1989 and I was assigned to work on the Navy’s F/A-18 Hornet, a carrier-based fighter jet. Originally designed in 1976, the F/A-... |
| May 16, 2017 | UCI doctor’s plan to stop superbugs is widely used. At her own hospital, it didn’t work | By the end of December, a lethal bacterium had swept through UC Irvine Medical Center’s intensive care unit, sickening seven infants. Dr. Susan Huang, the hospital’s infection control expert, had a plan.
The strategy — which she had promote... |
| Feb 2, 2017 | Drug used to halt puberty in children may cause lasting health problems | For years, Sharissa Derricott, 30, had no idea why her body seemed to be failing. At 21, a surgeon replaced her deteriorated jaw joint. She’s been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease and fibromyalgia, a chronic pain condition. Her teet... |
| Dec 21, 2016 | 769 hospitals hit as CMS expands penalties to infection control | Based on rates of all these complications, the hospitals identified by federal officials this week will lose 1 percent of all Medicare payments for a year — with that time frame beginning this past October. While the government did not rele... |
| Aug 22, 2016 | Hospitals rethink ‘deny-and-defend’ approach to medical error | “I had never really been in that situation before,” said O’Brien, recalling the 2004 incident. She decided to tell the patient’s family about the medical error, bracing herself to face their anger. While the family was stricken by grief, th... |
| Jun 28, 2016 | Undermining a small but important federal health agency is a dangerous gamble | New discoveries are the lifeblood of medical progress, but they don’t do any good until they are actually used to treat illness and save lives. That’s why I’m troubled by plans to cut the budget of the federal Agency for Healthcare Research... |
| Jun 11, 2016 | American Diabetes Association acquires quality improvement organization | The ADA’s aggressive outreach moves come at a time when diabetes’ role in escalating healthcare costs is becoming better understood. According to the ADA’s last five-year survey, the total cost of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S. was $245 bil... |
| May 23, 2016 | Research and Development: Bridging the Gap Between Hospitals, Patients, and Life Sciences | Improving the current state of life sciences research will require collaborative efforts on the parts of several stakeholders — in particular, hospitals, patients, and researchers.
What the Stakeholders Can Do
Hospitals are important arenas... |
| May 10, 2016 | As time runs out, the Obama administration races to reshape health care | WASHINGTON — As the clock ticks toward Jan. 20, 2017, the Obama administration is racing to burnish its health care legacy, introducing major new initiatives that will take full effect just weeks before the president leaves office.
The rank... |
| Apr 20, 2016 | Does Medicare unfairly punish teaching hospitals? | Such vigilance is a point of pride at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. But the hospital’s tests have identified so many infections and serious blood clots that the federal government is cutting the institution’s Medicare payments ... |
| Jan 13, 2016 | Top 5 predictions for 2016 in health tech and services | About the author: @DanGebremedhin is a Senior Associate at Flare Capital Partners, an early stage Health Technology and Services focused VC Firm. He is a practicing physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and previously served as a... |
| Dec 7, 2015 | It’s Time The Tech Industry Paid Attention To The Healthcare Needs Of The Hispanic Community | Christian Seale Contributor
Christian Seale is the founder and managing director of Startupbootcamp Digital Health Miami.
Entrepreneurs and investors are missing a big opportunity concerning Hispanics and their health.
A recent survey of An... |
| Oct 14, 2015 | Addressing The Leading Cause Of Chronic Conditions | Two middle-age professionals both suffered from the same symptoms: frequent urination, fatigue, and thirst. They both were intelligent, well-educated and had diabetes.
John Henry “kept his appointments, took his medications, changed his die... |
| Jul 17, 2015 | ONC’s White: Good health data is essential to quality care, precision medicine | All along, he has been focused on generating and moving health data to where it’s supposed to be. “It’s really hard to [provide quality care] without good information,” White said.
“Healthcare is about information. Health is about informati... |
| Jun 9, 2015 | To improve patient outcomes, we must measure them | “An eighty-two-year-old man developed fainting episodes. His tests showed severe blockages in three coronary arteries and both carotid arteries. The doctors recommended doing a cardiac-bypass operation as soon as possible, followed by surge... |
| May 5, 2015 | Embracing the future of pediatric quality measurement | By Jenny Fernandez
While studying quality of care in the 1990s, Mark Schuster, MD, PhD found that few studies on pediatric quality had been conducted. The typical explanation that he was given was that the federal government wasn’t funding ... |
| Mar 30, 2015 | Embracing the future of pediatric quality measurement | By Jenny Fernandez
While studying quality of care in the 1990s, Mark Schuster, MD, PhD found that few studies on pediatric quality had been conducted. The typical explanation that he was given was that the federal government wasn’t funding ... |
| Mar 11, 2015 | What do we really know about patients? | “Mary is a 90 year old woman that is admitted to the hospital for Congestive Heart Failure.”
This is the beginning of the story that was told many times by the former Oregon Governor and Emergency Room Physician John Kitzhaber. “Under the c... |
| Dec 3, 2014 | How did adverse events at hospitals fall 17 percent since 2010? | But there are also the groups that drew attention to the scale of the problem in the first place such as Health and Human Services, AHRQ, CMS and the CDC. One thing to keep in mind is that the numbers of cases and the cost savings are base ... |
