Government & Policy
Lorraine Fernandes, who is the global healthcare ambassador, explains how the sheer volume of data growth will open new doors to improving healthcare and making it more cost-effective.
Thirty-four states will receive more than $30 million in funding from the Department of Agriculture to improve access to healthcare and educational services in rural areas.
The use of electronic health records, telemedicine and e-visits are key ways to provide chronically ill Canadians the care they need, a new report based on a Commonwealth Fund survey recommends. Results from the survey reveal that sicker Canadians struggle to gain access to care.
Digitized health data is the first step toward better care, and a range of technologies are emerging to integrate that data so it can be put to better use.
Whether the doctor or the patient will be the driving force behind mobile healthcare, remains debatable after a spirited discussion Tuesday at mHealth Summit in the nation's capital.
With the conversion to ICD-10 disease and treatment coding expected by the government-set deadline of Oct. 1 2013, and all that entails, a new career path is emerging in healthcare – the chief knowledge officer, or CKO.
Sixty-five hospitals have earned the Leapfrog Group's annual "Top Hospital" designation, equaling 2010's record-setting total. The designation, which Leapfrog bills as the most competitive national hospital quality award in the country, recognizes quality of care.
The healthcare industry lags when it comes to protecting sensitive personal information, even as medical records are worth orders of magnitude more than other types data. A wake-up call could be in the offing.
Donald Berwick, MD, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services steps down Dec. 2 after 15 months on the job. He is known as a champion of healthcare information technology and patient-centered care.
The journey to outcomes-focused personalized care demands infrastructure for data collection, integration and transformation. Here are four tenets to help health IT pros evaluate solutions.