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A study identifies factors that put patients with COVID-19 receiving home-based care at risk for care escalation.

Before the pandemic, the healthcare sector was a prime target for cybercriminals. But the rise of remote work has only increased vulnerability

According to Pew Research, 96% of Americans own a cell phone and 81% have a smartphone, which are the devices they use to communicate and access information on a daily basis.

Sentara Healthcare announces the formation of its Supplier Diversity Executive Council.

The company hit the restart button in 2012 when it saw an opportunity to address the affordability gap in healthcare, as costs began started to shift from the payer to the consumer.

Ogi Kwon, of R1 Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) offers insights on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and the future of price transparency.

Moving healthcare home is just part of the growing personalization of healthcare that has been made possible by advancements in technologies that seamlessly connect a patient to their care team.

Americans want their providers to use electronic methods to prescribe medications, according to new survey findings.

The problem list is meant to present clinicians with a quick snapshot of the patient’s active diagnoses and key health issues. However, most problem lists do not live up to their potential.

A McKinsey survey shows four in 10 consumers do not believe their finances will return to normal until late 2021 or early 2022.

Ogi Kwon, of R1 Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) outlines issues associated with patient experience that have direct impacts on revenue cycle management.

Healthcare procurement leaders and legal executives are discovering that today’s CLM solutions hold the keys to improved agility, resilience, and competitiveness—while ensuring regulatory compliance.

A new rule proposed by CMS aims to increase Medicare inpatient prospective payment system rates.

The American College of Physicians outlined guiding principles for future improvements in personal health data collection and use.

Scott Giordano, JD, from Spirion, discusses how data collection on smartphones raises security issues for consumers’ health care data and whether COVID-19 vaccine passports will truly be capable of keeping our data safe.

Risk-based thinking should not be confined to just patient care; it must be implemented among all aspects of hospital operations in order to be successful.

A new CVS Health initiative uses a localized approach to increase mental health care accessibility and affordability, particularly for vulnerable populations like young adults and people of color.

Use of teledermatology has greatly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are remaining concerns that may hinder its use after the public health emergency, according to a speaker at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology.

News in orthopedics, technology, and neurodiagnostics.

A leader in the transition to value-based care answers questions about a point-of-care option.

Matthew Michela, president and CEO of Life Image, discusses his company’s survey that found that most health care organizations are contributing to information blocking despite being aware of regulations put in place to eliminate it.

Survey responses from health care facilities across the country outline current nurse shortages and foretell of future vacancies.

Twistle's CEO, Kulmeet Singh, says he's come up with a reliable way to measure return on investment for his company's remote monitoring software solutions.

Responses collected from longitudinal surveys show how patient-reported data can help improve hospital quality.

AstraZeneca and MGH announced their digital health partnership earlier this month, saying it would allow them to pair a patient app with a clinician dashboard to deploy remote patient monitoring and evidence-based patient care.

The Texas Hospital Association said the unexpected move from CMS brings uncertainty to the state's safety net hospitals.

A changing of the guard at Children's, Alabama's only freestanding pediatric hospital.