Facebook healthcare ambitions: 4 areas to watch in 2016
Next year, University of Michigan's Genes for Good study, which uses a Facebook app, will streamline the eligibility process.
20 ridiculous healthcare M&A predictions (ranked from crazy to potentially legit)
The votes are in: 23AndMe is going to shock the world in 2016.
Solving Healthcare’s Provider Data Problem Starts with Interoperability
Break down the silos. Take control of your provider data.
Customer requirements rather than regulatory compliance will accelerate innovation
ONC recently released the 2016 Standards Advisory. I think this document is more important than Meaningful Use or Certification in accelerating interoperability.
Healthcare deals I’d like to see in 2016: Pfizer buys Teladoc, Theranos gets sold, Apple makes a deal
Other deals I'd like to see in place: Pfizer buying Teladoc, and Walgreens grabbing 23andMe.
Doctors dislike technology because it delivers a fast-food future for healthcare
McMedicine: Like eating too many Big Macs, it may decrease the health of many lives.
Healthcare deals I’d like to see in 2016: IBM buys athenahealth, Verizon buys a hospital and Kaiser Permanente buys a wine app
Go big or go home, healthcare. 2016 is the year to make big things happen.
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The 5 Best Medical Billing Outsourcing Companies
Medical billing is a tedious administrative task, but outsourcing it may be the key to increased revenue. Explore the top medical billing outsourcing companies and the benefits of partnering with one.
Healthcare deals I’d like to see in 2016: Uber, Under Armour and the Philadelphia 76ers
The wide speculation that 2016 will be a year in which consolidation will accelerate.
Take a look back at one issue that is keeping doctors in a rage (will it continue in 2016?)
One of the its bigger critics of the American Board of Medical Specialties' Maintenance of Certification looks back (and ahead).
Why patient-centric organizations aren’t afraid to get messy
The pristine and representative “sample” rarely exists.
2016 predictions in health IT: Population health and the healthcare CIO are redefined
And no, Watson, will not replace clinicians.
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Navina’s AI Copilot Eases the Value-Based Burden, Study Shows
A new independent study from Phyx Primary Care’s Innovation Lab points to measurable improvements in physician burnout, documentation efficiency, and key VBC metrics among primary care practices.
Life Science Limericks: 2015 Edition
Up next: Digital health ditties? Biotech ballads? Payer/provider paeans?
Dear Santa: Can you bring me a happier, healthier healthcare industry?
I am an eternal optimist and I’m hoping that the social value inherent in investing in healthcare instead of video games and drones can help me put a few points on the Santa board.
When it comes to EHRs, do nurses matter?
The assault on usability of EHRs continues, though this time it comes not from physicians, but from nurses. And it makes sense, because nurses frequently are the ones responsible for the bulk of patient documentation.
Will poor oversight in home health jobs undermine the opportunity?
To ensure that workers can take advantage of the new benefits, stronger oversight of the industry is needed, said Sarah Leberstein, one of the report’s authors.