Clinical

Kaiser Permanente this week launched a new database that enables researchers to examine participants' DNA in conjunction with environmental and behavioral health.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has warned Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes that the company could face serious sanctions after the startup failed to address numerous problems with its technology and practices.

Rosemary Ventura, Director of Nursing Informatics at New York Presbyterian Hospital, discusses the organization's strategic emphasis on improving clinical workflows and mobility in nursing on HIMSS Radio, hosted by Justin Barnes.

Cleveland Clinic clinicians will be available for on-demand visits at CVS Health MinuteClinics in Ohio via technology from American Well.

In his first year at the helm of Geisinger Health System, David Feinberg, MD, has continued to hone the longtime population health leader's intense focus on evidence-based care and improved patient experience.

The industry veteran said he envisions a focus on ‘life experience’ in healthcare that delivers precise treatments that are better suited to patients’ specific needs.

Family Medical Specialists in Florida is using care management technology to get paid under CPT code 99490, and the practice has already gotten buy-in from almost every eligible patient.

The U.S. Department of Defense says it will implement secure messaging tools as part of the deal to help doctors better coordinate care.

The nonprofit patient safety organization found that nearly  40 percent of potentially harmful drug orders weren’t flagged by existing software systems, including medication orders for the wrong condition or the wrong dose based on things like a patient’s size, other illnesses or likely drug interactions. 

The research also found that womens’ salaries grew at a higher rate than their male counterparts, while orthopedists, cardiologists, dermatologists are the highest-paid doctors.