Hospitals and other covered entities are striking a growing number of agreements to use de-identified patient data for research or to develop AI tools. But they should carefully weigh the risks of sharing this data, experts said.
CMS could run trials of CAR-Ts in lymphoma if unsure of their similarity on benefit to patients and ancillary service costs, Dr. Peter Bach writes.
Zelis highlights how employers, payers, and consumers are integrating digital tools to manage healthcare costs.
According to a survey of 487 healthcare executives and clinicians conducted earlier this year, 44 percent of respondents said they plan to invest most in home health by 2020.
In September, two articles in The New England Journal of Medicine presented differing perspectives on the HITECH era. Now, a new blog post from UCSF's Center for Digital Health Innovation poses a third perspective focused on patients.
In the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, a group of former national coordinators and a duo of health IT executives take different perspectives on the impact of the HITECH Act.
At an NEJM Catalyst leadership event earlier this month, Intermountain Healthcare CEO Marc Harrison and Virginia Mason Health System CEO Gary Kaplan outlined how healthcare organizations can thrive during times of change.
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
From Medicare's Hospital Compare to ProPublica's Surgeon Scorecard, provider rating systems abound. But are they truly useful? And moreover, are they always accurate?
A new NEJM Catalyst survey outlines what healthcare experts predict will happen to patients, premium prices, the ACA and more under the Trump administration.
Also, we talk Meaningful Use and about the New England Journal of Medicine's opinion that we should pursue a "patient-driven health information economy"