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Fair Health Cost Lookup CT enables users to estimate costs for medical and dental procedures based on geographical region and it provides resources that explain the fundamentals of health coverage. 

Healthcare organizations need to implement high-end network monitoring and anomaly detection, according to Core Security general manager Chris Sullivan.

The hospital appointed a Vice President of Care Coordination and Integration, Christy Kaplan, and involved the work of clinicians, including Susan Tolin, to tie together distinct departments and ensure that patients are working with the right care teams.

A team at Houston Methodist believes it has developed an artificial intelligence software program that can improve mammography readings to 99 percent accuracy by analyzing the free form text of clinical reports.

Mary O’Dowd joins as the academic medical center is embarking on a wide-ranging population health initiative to integrate specialities with more traditional fields.

The FDA has approved more generics the past few years, but a flood of new applications has steadily added to the demand. And critics say getting generic alternatives to the U.S. market for products like EpiPen is still taking far too long.

Doctors spend more than half of their time on EHRs and deskwork and only about 27 percent in direct clinical visits with patients. One researcher said the industry needs to refocus doctors' efforts from facing computer screens to engaging patients.

The top reason for using advanced analytics, especially within population health programs, is enabling interventions that prevent health declines, respondents said.

Eligible hospitals can apply for hardship exceptions for issues related to EHR vendors, infrastructure, natural disasters and more.

Fewer than one-third of healthcare providers polled for the newest HIMSS Analytics Essentials Brief are currently pursuing precision medicine initiatives – with the majority who don't saying that limitations in funding, technology or expertise are holding them back. But that's poised to change very soon.