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Online tool cut inappropriate tests from 22 percent to 6 percent

Online tool cut inappropriate tests from 22 percent to 6 percent

May 23, 2013 4:28 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A web-based decision-making tool that alerts heart doctors when diagnostic tests would not be useful for a specific patient can curb wasteful procedures, according to ... Read more

Startups take note: Healthcare reform = opportunity

Startups take note: Healthcare reform = opportunity

May 23, 2013 4:13 pm by | 1 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO ’ The Affordable Care Act, aka health care reform, aka Obamacare, is spurring a massive creation of new business opportunities. So says Bryan Sivak, the chief technical officer ... Read more


Mobile health urinalysis diagnostic draws FDA scrutiny

Mobile health urinalysis diagnostic draws FDA scrutiny

May 23, 2013 11:50 am by | 0 Comments

In a move that may reflect a growing interest by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in asserting its regulatory muscle in the mobile health app space, the regulator recently ... Read more

Become part of the mandate for a new path to patient engagement

Become part of the mandate for a new path to patient engagement

May 22, 2013 2:13 am by | 0 Comments

Let’s push aside our natural desire to indulge in long-term, big-picture theories about the issues vexing healthcare. Instead, let’s focus on what’s working now and what’s next in the new ... Read more

How will people with no bank accounts buy insurance on the exchanges?

How will people with no bank accounts buy insurance on the exchanges?

May 20, 2013 4:32 pm by | 0 Comments

When movie stars become unbankable, they’re no longer a slam dunk at the box office. When investments become unbankable, they’re relegated to the junk pile. For ordinary Americans deemed unbankable, ... Read more

From 13 hips to 2: How one hospital is cutting costs now

From 13 hips to 2: How one hospital is cutting costs now

May 20, 2013 6:37 am by | 7 Comments

Payers can take it slow with payment reform and wellness programs, but hospitals need cost-saving changes now. Comments from Ken Paulus of Allina Health stood out in a crowd of ... Read more

Obama campaign’s chief data guy: Voter reg data, social graph search were key

Obama campaign’s chief data guy: Voter reg data, social graph search were key

May 19, 2013 1:03 pm by | 0 Comments

President Barack Obama is known for running one of the most tech-savvy political campaigns in the history of US politics. The chief scientist of the Obama campaign’s data analytics team,Rayid ... Read more


Less education and lower incomes keep cancer rates high among African Americans

Less education and lower incomes keep cancer rates high among African Americans

May 19, 2013 4:40 am by | 0 Comments

To understand both the simplicity of disparities in health care and the complexity of eliminating them, consider this:In the late 1970s and early '80s, black and white death rates for ... Read more

Here are 9 genetics and genomics thought leaders to follow on Twitter

Here are 9 genetics and genomics thought leaders to follow on Twitter

May 17, 2013 3:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Genetic testing, particularly for cancer, family histories and the decision whether or not to opt for surgery based on family history and genes were the focus of a lot of ... Read more

How a patient-centered content platform could boost health literacy and outcomes

How a patient-centered content platform could boost health literacy and outcomes

May 17, 2013 8:30 am by | 1 Comments

As providers seek to meet the meaningful use stage 2 requirements, finding the best way to identify and address the health literacy levels of their patients is a critical component ... Read more

The IRS and its role in the Affordable Care Act

The IRS and its role in the Affordable Care Act

May 16, 2013 9:24 am by | 0 Comments

Mary Agnes Carey talks to Joanna Kerpen, a partner at the law firm McDermott Will & Emery, about the role of the IRS in implementing and enforcing provisions of the ... Read more

Here are 6 people who will teach you something new about patient engagement

Here are 6 people who will teach you something new about patient engagement

May 16, 2013 2:00 am by | 1 Comments

In the new world of healthcare, it’s new voices that can be the most helpful. The medical industry is lucky to be filled with thought leaders who are regularly offering ... Read more

Washington state worries no-tax medical marijuana could hurt recreational market

Washington state worries no-tax medical marijuana could hurt recreational market

May 15, 2013 9:35 pm by | 1 Comments

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Key officials helping to create Washington state's potentially lucrative recreational pot market say its success may hinge on preventing consumers from choosing to get high on ... Read more

CMS finally has a leader as Senate confirms Tavenner

CMS finally has a leader as Senate confirms Tavenner

May 15, 2013 7:01 pm by | 0 Comments

KHN's Mary Agnes Carey talks with Jennifer Haberkorn of Politico Pro about the Senate's confirmation Wednesday of Marilyn Tavenner to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and what ... Read more

ONC backs $40K app challenge for improving cancer care transitions

ONC backs $40K app challenge for improving cancer care transitions

May 15, 2013 6:17 pm by | 0 Comments

The National Cancer Institute and the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT are throwing down $40,000 in an innovation challenge to encourage app developers to step and brainstorm ideas ... Read more